It is a terrible article. Water fluoridation has never been proved to work at anything like the rates people have been lead to believe. It is true that caries

It is a terrible article. Water fluoridation has never been proved to work at anything like the rates people have been lead to believe. It is true that caries levels have decreased dramatically since fluoridation, but they have at the same rate in other countries without fluoridation; due to the availability of fluoride toothpaste. The studies that originally showed the 'safety' of fluoride in NY in the 40s were a joke. Paid for by the Carnegie institute, a conclusion already determined, carried out by dentists who both a) knew which kids were receiving fluoride or not and b) checked for 'safety' by seeing whether or not teeth got moddeled. http://www.fluoridealert.org/health/teeth/caries/who-dmft.html http://www.fluoridealert.org/health/teeth/caries/who-dmft.ht... See that link to see the rate in caries decrease over the last century in both fluoridated and non-fluoridated countries.