WHAAAAAT?? Can anybody explain this contradiction? Should somebody notify the NBCSL of what Atlanta, GA already knows, because they're not listening to their own activists??!!

Civil Rights Leaders Call for Halt to Water Fluoridation

2012 -- http://www.fluoridealert.org/articles/civil-rights01/?print=1

Because fluoride can disproportionately harm poor citizens and black families, Atlanta civil rights leaders, Andrew Young and Dr. Gerald Durley, have asked Georgia legislators to repeal the state’s mandatory water fluoridation law.

Andrew Young

Former U.N. Ambassador and former Atlanta Mayor

Dr. Gerald Durley

Reverend Dr. Gerald Durley, Pastor of Providence Baptist Church in Atlanta

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Now we have the National Black Caucus of State Legislators endorsing fluoridation!  What has happened?  Are they not communicating to each other?  Study after study provide evidence that fluoride has worse health effects on Hispanic and African-American populations, just as the above Atlanta, Georgia anti-fluoride activists already know! 

RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY WATER FLUORIDATION

http://nbcsl.org/public-policy/resolutions/item/636-energy-transportation-and-environment-resolution-ete-13-0

Energy, Transportation, And Environment: Resolution ETE-13-02

WHEREAS, the National Black Caucus of State Legislators (NBCSL) recognizes the importance of oral health to the overall health and well-being of children and adults; ...

....THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the National Black Caucus of State Legislators (NBCSL) recognizes the importance of community water fluoridation as a safe, cost-effective public health intervention proven to prevent tooth decay and reduce oral health disparities;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the NBCSL urges state and local governments to implement and maintain optimal levels of water fluoridation in public water supplies;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the NBCSL calls for further studies to be done on the long-term health and effectiveness of water fluoridation to gain more information on the issue, and allow for improved distribution;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the NBCSL calls upon the United States Congress to provide full funding for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) oral health infrastructure grants to all 50 states as authorized by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010; and

BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution be transmitted to the President of the United States, the Vice President of the United States, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the United States Surgeon General, and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, members of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate, and other federal and state government officials as appropriate.