Although it already paid for them, the town returned six unopened barrels of the fluoride treatment to the supplier. Paladino added in an email to ProPublica that he sees public water fluoridation as an imprecise tool because it gives a standard dose across the population. Fluoride treatment “was such a fantastic discovery, something so easy that nature already provided. Community water fluoridation is supported by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Dental Association and the American Medical Association. Less than six years later, the county health agency reported troubling outcomes from oral health screenings at area schools.