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Show On Fluoridation : si open letter to the Davis ifenty Board of Health: Uanley Smoot, chairman; , iianeth Rock, Dee R. i iiard. Dr. Harvey Broad-i Broad-i wt, Robert Keddington, ' i Haven J. Barlow, Dr. 1 1 'ilpb Peterson, Dr. K. in, Mis. Joseph Griff ith. EWS TOM appearing in ta. 6 issue of the Ogden iard Examiner prompts I letus. The article states : I Davis County Board of S3h has unanimously en-:rsd en-:rsd the fluoridation of i- : drinking water and I" Wired opposition to a fwdum on the Nov. 2 which would prohibit ' Jwistome that you are "mag far too much tity as you propose the (1, of Sodium Fluoride to l'Hlic water supplies. The 3P. as I understand it, is . 'hether or not to VC ffidate the water. ' QUESTION IS: Should to have the right to ?tether fluoride or any lie ! J natation is added to ;ater supply, or must we IB I .towed to the dictates of fn inted officials who j'' kw what is best lhe unalienable Sr man is the right of iSy Next to the gift of ay i?Uie right to direct ,.it e. s Principle of free 1 X!?uires that man has l'' 5i1N m opinion, is the u 4 suasive argument f potiipulsaryfluorida- iO Nm , tion. How can you possibly be in opposition to a referendum that would allow us the right to choose our own medication? I commend you, Commissioner Commis-sioner Smoot, for the stand you have taken on this important impor-tant question. The news item stated that the board's statement was stronger than you would have liked, and also indicated that yon feel that this issue should be left up to the individual cities and counties. coun-ties. QUOTING FURTHER from the referenced article: "Board member Dee R. Packard says that if passed the ballot referendum could set back water treatment 1 ,000 years if it forced the removal of chlorine and other water treatment chemicals." Mr Packard, you and 1 must not be reading the same petition. I can detect no reference in the petition to the elimination of chlorine in the process of purifying our water. PERHAPS YOU are unable to distinquish between the purification process ol drinking water (chlonnation) vs the medication of human beings (fluoridation). Chlorination treats the water, fluoridation treats the people who drink the water. There is a vital difference! Let those who want to use fluorides purchase the fluoride pills and use themto their heart's delight. The rest of us would like to take care ol ourselves, thank you. AltaH. Roundy Layton .M1IIU |