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Second Look - A Rational Approach to Controversial Public Policy Issues
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Second Look is a national non-profit initiative (a Tides Center project) that evolved from grassroots frustration with public policies that are so controversial that useful, factual information becomes almost impossible for the public and even professionals to sort out. Second Look's main goal is to facilitate full public and scientific examinations of public policy issues that have become obscured by media treatment (or lack thereof), or by political rhetoric, or because of the inaccessibility of accurate information to relevant constituencies. We seek to connect with science, health, environmental, and academic organizations and professionals.
We are concerned with both the science and the politics of public policies based on “acceptable” levels of risk that result in “low-level” toxic contamination with possible long-term health and environmental damage. Our educational approach is in the context of precaution and prevention, employing analysis of the safest alternatives.
One current focus is on the public policy of water fluoridation, its health and environmental impacts, and its complexity as a social and ethical issue. We recognize that the question of fluoridation has been stuck in the quagmire of contentious political debate on the local level for over fifty years. However, in light of recent, peer-reviewed, biological and epidemiological research, we are initiating ways to elevate the discussion and shift it towards a more objective analysis of the health and environmental concerns. (See Our Projects).
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