As part of that experience, she assisted at a clinic on a nearby Native American reservation, where she learned about waterfluoridation issues on tribal land and helped to provide dental care to an at risk population.
Gabriel Taussig, the chief of the city's administrative law division, pointed to two Board of Health decisions that were challenged in courts and remain on the books today: window guards on buildings with children in them and fluoridation of the city's water supply.