ART PREDICTS LIFE

In this case, the art is the great movie "Dr. Strangelove":

General Jack D. Ripper: Mandrake, do you realize that in addition to fluoridating water, why, there are studies underway to fluoridate salt, flour, fruit juices, soup, sugar, milk... ice cream. Ice cream, Mandrake, children's ice cream.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: [very nervous] Lord, Jack.
General Jack D. Ripper: You know when fluoridation first began?
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: I... no, no. I don't, Jack.
General Jack D. Ripper: Nineteen hundred and forty-six. 1946, Mandrake. How does that coincide with your post-war Commie conspiracy, huh? It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hard-core Commie works.

The sad reality is located in Pinellas County, Florida:

Pinellas County Commission stands firm in decision to end fluoridation
By David DeCamp, Times Staff Writer
St. Petersburg Times
October 11, 2011

The board voted 4-3 last week to stop the 7-year-old practice, despite warnings from dentists that fluoride in drinking water is safe and effective fighting cavities.

The majority - Commissioners Nancy Bostock, Neil Brickfield, John Morroni and Norm Roche - sided with fears of big government and fluoride-related maladies.

"Water fluoridation is not much different than sending a fluoride Gestapo around every day to force everyone to take fluoride pills, it is unethical and doctors who advocate this are in violation of peoples rights and ethics," David Jackson wrote.