This article was originally posted on RealClearScience.

We recently published a list of the 10 Biggest Junk Science Stories of 2013. At #5, was the rejection of water fluoridation by the citizens of Portland.

The left-wing alternative newspaper Willamette Week was particularly unhappy with the placement, calling RealClearScience a “national lab-rat news aggregator.” Our editorial team thinks that was meant to be an insult, but nobody is quite certain. We like lab rats. Continue reading →