US elections show majority support for fluoridation. Several communities in the US have been holding fluoridation referendum alongside the mid-term elections. Not all results are in yet but indications are that any swing against fluoridation has died in the water. Support for this social health policy has been about 60 or 70% – ironically similar to the Hamilton referendum in NZ last year.

Perhaps this result is partly due to the activity of pro-science groups who have become active of late. Maybe the success of anti-fluoridation activists in precious years has resulted in a fight back. Let us hope so.

Some results:

Boyne City, Michigan – 68% support for fluoridation
Bronson, Michigan – 63% support for fluoridation
Kalama, Washington – 73% support for fluoridation
Saline County, Kansas – 67% support for fluoridation
Healdsburg, California – 68% support for fluoridation