The advocates of fluoride eventually carried the day, in part by ridiculing opponents such as the right-wing John Birch Society, which called fluoridation a communist plot to poison America.

• 倡导氟化物的阵营最后赢得了胜利，部份原因是他们会嘲弄对手，例如右派团体柏奇协会就宣称，加氟是共产党毒化美国的手段。