This is a sad moment for the citizens of Port Angeles.  In a perfect world, we wouldn't need fluoridation or safety-net dental clinics, but we don't live in that world.

I often see posts blaming the parents: "why don't they make their kids brush their teeth and eat right?!!".  The problem is no child chooses who their parents are or what socio-economic class that they are born into.  Fluoridation helps those less fortunate.

Seniors, who retire, often lose their dental insurance, and 7 out of 10 most commonly prescribed medications for seniors cause dry mouth.  Lose one's saliva and the cavity rate skyrockets.  Fluoridation helps seniors.

Want a plumbing problem fixed, one calls a plumber.  Want an electrical problem fixed, one calls an electrician.  But when it comes to the medical/dental leaders in P.A. recommending continuation of fluoridation, Merideth, Whetham, and Bruch turned their backs on evidence-based science.