As Dr. Ambiance points out, public pressure has made a difference in cities such as Los Angeles, Newark and Jersey City, N.J., and Bedford, Mass., which have removed fluoride from their water supplies. It takes its toll on human health and life, glass after glass. The real issue here is not just the scientific debate. The question is whether any establishment has the right to decide that benefits outweigh risks and impose involuntary medication on an entire population. In the case of fluoridation, the dental establishment has made opposition to fluoridation seem intellectually disreputable.
Some people regard that as tyranny.
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