40.00% - Local and state health officials broadly agree that 0.7 to 1.5 mg per liter is safe and effective — that's the scientific consensus, not a pharmaceutical conspiracy.
22.50% - Better dental health reduces systemic infections and long-term healthcare costs — the economic argument for fluoridation is as strong as the public health one.
20.00% - Fluoridated water has reduced tooth decay by 25% across all income levels since the 1960s — one of the cheapest, most effective public health interventions ever devised.
17.50% - At the approved level of 0.7 mg/L, no credible study has found cognitive effects — the anti-fluoride panic is based on research from regions with fluoride at 4x that concentration.
Efforts to reduce community water fluoridation should be opposed.
100.00% - Fluoridated water has reduced tooth decay by 25% across all income levels since the 1960s — one of the cheapest, most effective public health interventions ever devised.
50.00% - Efforts to reduce community water fluoridation should be opposed.
50.00% - Defluoridation predictably raises decay rates in affected communities.
0.00% - Efforts to reduce fluoridation in drinking water should be opposed.
50.00% - Water fluoridation