bosque, your quote:  "The looming likelihood of major legal awards and political action will end this practice."

That is too funny.  After 70 years not one successful lawsuit for health reasons, ever, anywhere in the world.  And in the U.S., where more people enjoy the benefits of community water fluoridation than anywhere else in the world, . . class action lawsuits are practically a way of life.  

Lawsuits are so common in the U.S. that the world's most powerful fast food chain was successfully sued because its coffee was too hot.   Almost every drug on the market has been the target of a class action lawsuit . . but no successful lawsuit against water fluoridation. 

Lawsuits?  Well, bosque, first you need a "victim."  Can you name anyone who has ever been harmed by drinking optimally fluoridated water . . even for as much as a lifetime?  

After 70 years it hasn't happened yet.  When exactly will these looming legal awards be handed out?