EL DORADO HILLS TELEGRAPH– Ignoring the democratic process and discouraging a healthy dialogue, the California Dental Association worked secretly and quickly to pass the 1995 California fluoridation law, forcing most California communities to add fluoride chemicals into the public water supplies, whether Californians want it or not, according to “The Fluoride Victory,” published in the Journal of the California Dental Association. It’s supposed to stop tooth decay in tap water drinkers, but research has proven otherwise.

California Assemblywoman Jackie Speier, working with the California Dental Association (CDA), sponsored the fluoridation bill that was signed into law in 1995, forcing all California water companies with 10,000 service connections to add nonessential fluoride chemicals into the drinking water without constituent or local governing body approval, discussion or referendum.

“To make the most of the element of surprise, it was decided that Speier would wait until the last possible moment to introduce her fluoridation bill,” writes author Joanne Boyd.

“’We pretty much knew we’d catch (the anti-fluoridation faction) by surprise because it wasn’t well known outside of the dental community what was going on,’ said Liz Snow, assistant director of CDA’s Government Relations (lobbying) Office. ‘But we didn’t want to give the other side any more time to mobilize than absolutely necessary,’” writes Boyd.

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