Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaThe controversy of drinking water fluoridation
One of the most effective public health measures for controlling the caries has been the drinking water fluoridation. Usually, drinking water contains fluor to reduce caries incidence. In 90s, Chile started a debate about the legitimation of the utilization of drinking water fluoride in whole popula...
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| Formato: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Lenguaje: | Español |
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Universidad Católica del Norte, Instituto de Investigaciones Arqueológicas y Museo
2019
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| Acceso en línea: | http://revistas.ucn.cl/index.php/estudios-atacamenos/article/view/742 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/80124 |
| Sumario: | One of the most effective public health measures for controlling the caries has been the drinking water fluoridation. Usually, drinking water contains fluor to reduce caries incidence. In 90s, Chile started a debate about the legitimation of the utilization of drinking water fluoride in whole population and the effects that fluor has on the body, creating a polemic about this policy. The goal of this paper is to explore the controversy between the use of fluoridate drinking water for reducing caries like public health policy, from the point of view of Actor-Network theory. Experts and people of community do not agree about the effectiveness of this measure because of the lack of permission of consumer or the potential negative effects in the human health. |
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