FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE            Media Contact:  Eric Nickens, Jr.
March 8, 2013                                                          Information and Communications Manager 
                                                                              Office: (919) 560-7624 / Cell: (919) 309-6092 
                                                                              enickens@dconc.gov

WHAT:     Durham County Board of Health 
                Panel Discussion on Fluoridation in the Municipal Water 
                
                Panelists scheduled to participate include: 

                Ms. Vicki Westbrook 
                City of Durham Water Management 

                Ms. Amy Keyworth 
                NC Department of Environmental and Natural Resources 
                Division of Water Quality 

                Dr. Rebecca King 
                Dr. Laura Gerald 
                NC Department of Health and Human Services 
                Division of Public Health 

                Dr. Tim Wright 
                UNC School of Dentistry 
                Department of Pediatric Dentistry

The purpose for convening this panel of subject matter experts is to address assertions made during the September 2012 public comment period regarding the effects of water fluoridation in the municipal water supply. During the October 2012 Board of Health meeting, an ad-hoc committee was formed to investigate the water fluoridation issue in greater detail.

The public is invited to attend the meeting. However, panel participants have been invited for informational purposes. Therefore, there will be no public question and answer period during or after the panel discussion.


WHEN:     Thursday, March 14, 2013, at 5:00 p.m.

WHERE:   Durham County Department of Public Health 
               Board of Health Meeting Area – 3rd Floor
               Human Services Building
               414 East Main Street
               Durham, NC 27701

For more information, contact Rosalyn McClain, Clerk to the Board of Health, at 919-560-7650.

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