Communities Supporting Fluoride

Grassroots Advocacy Efforts Protect Community Water Fluoridation

May 2nd, 2013 Communities Supporting Fluoride

The remarkable grassroots advocacy efforts of Dr Johnny Johnson, a pediatric dentist in Florida, are highlighted in the January/February 2013 issue of Today’s FDA (Florida Dental Association). Dr Johnson’s efforts succeeded in overturning a 2011 decision to cease fluoridating the water supply for more than 700,000 residents by the Pinellas County Board of Commissioners. Read […]

The Cost of Giving Into Fear

April 1st, 2013 Communities Supporting Fluoride

Anti-fluoride activists are persistent and vocal, and these traits can sometimes mislead elected officials into believing these activists speak for most of the community. And there can be hidden costs when local officials give into the unfounded fears that fluoride opponents raise. Consider the experience of Scappoose, Oregon — a town roughly 30 minutes northwest of […]