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Show T THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1999 tAROUNDDAVISl A8 CLIPPER TODAY Fluoride Forum: The challenge of epidemiology Two Davis County lawmakers want commuter rail service OGDEN (AP) Daus C'ountv lawmakers want the state to bu an inactive rail line between Salt Lake City and Ogden to establish commuter rail service between the cities Senate and House members said they hope to find up to $U million in a tight fiscal 2001 budget to purchase the old Denver and Rio Grande West corridor along the eastern edge of the Great Salt Lake There have been a lot of revenue sources explored, and there the ruav be some options Legislature will be piexented with, said Sen David Steele. Point "I think it s a ver smart thing" As Senate chairman of the Legislature's Executive Appropriations Committee. Steele has influence on how state money is spent Steele and House Majority Leader Kevin Garn. R Layton, said the purchase of the corridor could be a political challenge They plan to make it a priority for the coming legislative session st iHnss Marie Oviatt - . 1 ARM1NGTON Mane Dickson Oviatt. 82. beloved wife, ipother grandma sister and friend, died suddenly in a car accident on Sunday evening Nov 28,1999 She was born on Oct 30. 1917 m Lvanston Wyoming a daughter of Rufus and Catherine Lee Dickson She was reared and educated in Davis Countv graduating from Davis I lieh School She was married for 57 years to Reed A Oviatt who preceded her in death in 1992 Marie was active in the LDS Church throughout her life, serving in manv oigamzations and m a variety of positions She was known for her compassion and often given responsibilities where she could directly help those in need Years ago after a flood and mud slide in Larmington. she gave hours of service helping those who had lost their homes Many peo-pj- e had the benefit of her tireless and loving care often represented by kind vtords and delicious meals She was a wonderful cook did beautiful meticulous handiwork, and loved to work m her yard and garden The joy of her Iffe was her family especially her grandchildren She filled her days with attivities of service and loved enriching the lives of family and friends Included in her many accomplishments, are the years she worked as a secg friends retary at Bountiful Junior High School where she made I She is survived by son Jed Reed (Kathy) Oviatt of Layton, grandchil-cj'e- n Amberlv of San Francisco. Robb Reed (Heather and great grandson ockton) Oviatt of Woods Cross, Kate Oviatt of Provo. Sara and Meghan (jviatt of Lav ton. Matthew Gary Oviatt m the Thailand Bangkok Mission Beniamin Jed Oviatt m the Taiwan Kaohsiung Mission, and daughter-in-lvReta M Oviatt. and granddaughter. Amy Oviatt Poole Also surviving aje brothers and sisters. Marjorie (Keith) Smith of Salt Lake. George (alh) Dickson of Fruit Heights. Flint (Ruth) Dickson of Salt Lake, Joe (Johnnie) Dickson of Mesa. Arizona, and Barbara (Reid) Jones of Salt Lake Mane was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, and her eldest son Gary Dickson Oviatt jnTiends and family may called at The Rock Chapel. 272 North Main. Ifcpnington on Wednesday evening Dec 1. 1999.from 6 30 to 8 30 p m .and aain prior to the services on Thursday morning Dec 2, 1999 from 9 45 to 10 45am The funeral will follow at 11 00 a m In lieu of donations please dp something kind for someone m memory of Mane Interment. Farmington City Cemetery life-lon- v epidemics or more broadly the study of the lactors iesxnsible for the occurof disease in a rence or Fililoi s lieu Uc lunc post ti ini hi than 3t tonttins lynovi h utitleis about fluondtition to the I 'in o ( uum Boaiil of I It tilth I In i hint askttl Di James Saundtty numb uttnil ilimioi of the Dims C um lh tilth lpattment, to uddtess these umunis Pin to the number of questions submiiittl the responses mil be puhltslud in install ments. I his is So 6 population) is particulaily challenging in this tespect Hus is due to the fact that epidemiologists, unlike laboratory researchers. d stiuhes base in role fluoride's causing Itip fraitures among the elderly. How do sou dejend Jhtoiide against these Use long-ter- tloai-mente- m Canter studies, espeiiullv it ith reflect to hone uniter, shots' that fluoride Inis the ability to cause mutations. EI' tacit ologist Dr. William Manus n as fired for sseaking tip about this issue, but esemualls got Itis jolt liatk bs court tinier. H hat pmof do t e has e the fluoride does initialise canters ' i ibkmMmsma JAMES SAUNDERS Health Dept. Dir, Ret. Fluoride also causes brittle hones, sesere allergies, imiaiy kidney problems, etc. Is this not a real danger.' do not diiectlv create the circumstances which they study It is simply unethical to create lwaid or cause disease m human subjects. Tlius the epidemiologist olten begins a study with an hypothesis winch cannot be tested directly without controlling'' the numerous fac fluoride tauses a signiuant increase in hip Jnutmes. iSte . 1 M t, 1991). Tnte or not.' s eais quite a lew have been published in the medical literatuie addicssmg vvhcthei dunking fluoridated vvatei has tin i licit on bones Hie most appiopiialeoveiallsa-entifi- c mtcrpi elation is that thue aie no ad cise eflects of water lliioiidatum on the human skeletal sv stem In hit tlieie are distinct lx nelits But hrsl lets consider vvhv there s such contusion on this As with am other extensive bods ol clinical or scientific literatuie tlieie often appear to lx? inconsistencies con flicts or outright disagreements as to the findings and conclusions ol uicliv ulu tl research studies 11ns is cut mils not unique to the issue ol vvatei lluonda tion Such disagiceinent and disuiwon can be pait ol the lie iltln uxos bv which new ideas gam acceptance in the scientific community and m the broader Most often scientists can society resolv e such appat ent mcoiMsU ik tes b careful analysisol the tcpoiled uoiks Such a view ol the evolution of sci entilic thought mav surprise non scien tists but the f let is that nm unde island mg the natuial vvoild is gamed only It through rigorous, controlled study this is true foi quns m qii ufs and the other new wonders ol plnsics; and cosmology it is even more the case when we attempt to undeist mil on? eflects on the environment and its eflects on us and our health Lpidemiology (liteiallv the studv of aiti-cle- whether they are more likely to develop cancer than Or he may select a group of people who already have lung cancer to determine whether more of them had been smokers than an otherwise similar group of people who have not developed cancer In either case, the epidemiologist needs a control group" who have not smoked or who have not dev elopied cancer In all other respects, the groups of haves" and haven'ts must be as similar as possible Age, race, sex, exposure to other causes of lung cancer and vitamin intake are just a few of the ways in which such study and control groups must be identical. if the epidemiologist is to be certain that smoking and lung cancer are causally related When not controlled such factors may "confound" a study, making it uncertain which agent is responsible as the cause. 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