The County of Sonoma Department of Health Services (DHS) has created a "Fluoridation Advisory Committee" supposedly to make a recommendation regarding adding fluoride to the water provided by SCWA. Of course Lynn Silver Chalfin is at the helm.
UPDATE 22 June 2013:
an information page for the Fluoridation Advisory Committee (FAC) has finally been posted on the County Dept. of Health Services (DHS) web site:
https://www.sonoma-county.org/health/meetings/fac.asp
At the first meeting on 14 May 2013, a chairperson was selected (Jo Sandersfeld), ground rules were laid out, and Silver gave her tired, disinformation-ridden "Life is Better with Teeth" presentation.
The committee participants were also given a "Conflict of Interest Statement" to sign and submit. Here is the text of the statement:
Members of the Fluoridation Advisory Committee (FAC) must have no conflict of interest in performance of their activities as a member of the FAC. Activities include, but are not limited to, providing advice on oral health fluoridation issues; gathering relevant data; facilitating broad community input; reviewing information on engineering proposals, and developing recommendations for consideration by the Sonoma County Department of Health Services.
By my signature below, I certify that I have no financial interest that may conflict with my participation on the Fluoridation Advisory Committee.
Should I become aware of any situation that could alter the above representation, or that might otherwise create the appearance of conflict, I agree to notify the Department of Health Services immediately.
Name
Title
Signature
Date
These are the members of the committee:
Chris DeGabriele, WAC/TAC rep from North Marin Water District
Pam Jeane, SCWA
Cynthia Murray, North Bay Leadership Council
Jennie Tasheff, E.D. of Community Action Partnership
Mary Maddux-Gonzalez, Redwood Community Health Center
Joel Berryhill, DDS of Sonoma County Indian Health Dental Program
Jeff Miller, MD retired from Kaiser Pediatrics
Martin Van Tassel, Redwood Empire Dental Society
Ernest Newbrun, DDS professor emeritus of UCSF School of Dentistry
Susan Cooper, DDS community action partnership dental director
Deborah Chigazola, Interim Dean of Health Sciences at SRJC
Crista Chelemendos, Senior Advocacy Services
Suzanne Doyle, Sierra Club
Jo Sandersfeld, VP of Mission Integration at St. Joseph Health
Lynn Mortensen, MD of Kaiser Family Medicine
Penny Vanderwolk, Sutter Health director of development
Lisa W. Schaffner, John Jordan Foundation
Robert Judd, Todd Trust
Ricardo Gonzalez, Graton Day Labor Center
Irina deFischer MD, Marin Medical Assoc
Linda Abrahams, Marin Dental Society