1913 Bernays was hired by the actor Richard Bennett to protect a play that supported sex education against police interference. Bernays set up a front group called the “Medical Review of Reviews Sociological Fund” (officially concerned with fighting venereal disease) for the purpose of endorsing the play.
Bernays helped the Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa) and other special interest groups to convince the American public that water fluoridation was safe and beneficial to human health. This was achieved by using the American Dental Association in a highly successful media campaign.
The other special interest was chemical fertilizer companies. Fluoride is a toxic byproduct that was costing them millions at that time to get rid of.
Without being able to dispose of it in our drinking water, the production of those products would not be cost effective and the plants would have closed.
We are one of the few countries who haven’t banned it’s use. BVB