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Show Statement by Proponents Of Fluoridation . I. There is overwhelming scientific proof developed trer the past 30 years by scores of reliable medical researchers that addition of fluoride to the drinking later at the recommended dilution of 1 ppm. (1) reduces the decay rate as much as 40 to 65. 12) is absolutely safe. (3) has only desirable effects upon the human body, asmals or plants. n. Fluoridation of the culinary water supply is currently cur-rently being carried out in over 3761 United States communities, com-munities, including such large cities as New York, Chi-so, Chi-so, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., as well as Brigham City and Helper City, Utah. This represents wr 65,000,000 Americans who are now drinking fluoridated fluor-idated water. DI. Several U. S. Communities have been using fluoridated fluor-idated water at the recommended dilution of 1 ppm for wer 20 years, and there has been no scientific proof of harmful affects in one single instance in any of these communities. ; IV. There are over 1000 U. S. communities which have naturally occuring fluoride in the euliriary water. Exhaustive Ex-haustive medical research has shown that there .ias been not one single instance of harmful affects resulting result-ing from the fluorides in these communities where She itaride level is at the recommended level of 1 ppm. V. There is no difference between the water supplies in which fluorides occur naturally and those in which they are added. VI. There have been few medical questions down I Sirougih history that have been so thoroughly studied rod documented as has the question of fluoridation. ! VII. Members of the Brigham City study committee on fluoridation where were appdinted by the city officials of-ficials to study both sides of the question, after exhaus- &e study unanimously endorsed fluoridation and recommended re-commended it for Brigham City. VTA. Moab' City's Civil Engineer who has investigated k matter of costs estimates that fluoridation of Moab uty water supply will cost from 15c to 25c per capita Pff year. In the city of Preston, Idaho where fluorida- tan of the culinary water has been in process for more than 10 years the costs have been 15c to 25c per capita W year. It must be pointed out that the water is not metered in Preston. Citizens pay a flat rate only. Their !rage water consumption is 300 gallons per person Ir day. The national average is 160 gallons per person Per day. Therefore, their fluoridation costs would be roughly three times the national average. Helper, Utah, where fluoridation has been in pro-.for pro-.for more than 8 years the costs have been approximately ap-proximately 31c per person per year, .wre is documented evidence that the decay rate J preston, Idaho has been reduced by over 47 during ,lle Past 10 years. A recent study has been made to vestigate the costs for periodic dental care in school Mdren in fluoridated and non-fluoridated areas (King-ion (King-ion a"d Newburg, New York). This study showed that f costs were more than twice as High as those jn fluoridated areas. ' Jse Endorsing: JJjencan Academy of Pediatrics Jncan Association for the Advancement of Science. wiean Association of Public Health Dentists wriean Dental Association Jrican Medical Association wncan Public Health Association ''Wican Water Works Association ffnission of Chronic Illness pra ion Dentaire International iera hon of American Societies for Experimental Biology "'Association Committee on Health s L a,' Institute of Municipal Law Officers S"al Research Council mf Health Service, Department of Health, Eduea-, Eduea-, won, and Welfare Ration of State and Territorial Dental Directors J! oeiahon of State and Territorial Health Officers African. Pharmaceutical Association Anw Can Veterinary Medical Association 0) , ncan School Health Association -fcrM,,of American Pathologists C2 ealth Organization ncan Association of Dental Schools Anean College of Dentists Utah of n 0steopal'hic Association Utah !t Dental Association XatiL ?te Medical Association C"al Congress of Parents and Teachers riean Federation of Labor and Congress of In Cf rial Organizations Vajunwr Ohamhw of Commerce Published by The Times-Independent, Moab, Arguments Against Fluoridation We are opposed to our city government's - action and enactment of City Ordinance No. 6-69, to fluoridate fluori-date the public water supply of Moab City for the following reasons: ' Fluoride is a deadly poison. Bulletin No. 130, Utah State Agricultural College, Page 5, states "fluorine is a cumulative poison and continued consumption of small quantities causes fluorosis." Fluoride is stored in the bones, and in older people it is associated with bone diseases and damage to the kidneys, nervous system, blood system and other organs or-gans and tissues, as well as skin disease and allergies. Arthritics are another group who suffer because of the addition of fluoride to the public water supply. Dr. Alfred Taylor, of the Bio-chemical Institute, University of Texas, one of the country's leading research re-search scientists, proved conclusively that the development develop-ment of cancer was' speeded up by the ingestion of fluoridated water on his experimental animals. In a June 1969 symposium on osteoporosis held in New York City, Lent Johnson, M.D., Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, D.C. said, "I can find no evidence whatever that fluoride will do anything any-thing except damage bones. They will develop bone crystals the end result is a fragile formation, thus causing bad bones." Beer barons and bakers cannot use fluoridated water wa-ter because it kills the enzymes that make beer ferment fer-ment and bread rise. The human body is in a similar case, Moneywise fluoridation is absurd. For every $10,000 spent on fluoride only $8.50 worth would be used for children under 10; the rest goes down the drain. Fluoride can be provided for children in tablet form. It is also obtainable in commercial toothpastes, mouthwashes, mouth-washes, vitamin drops with fluoride and children's teeth can be painted with fluoride by the dentists. In other words, anyone who desires fluoride can readiiy obtain it in controlled dosage without an entire community com-munity being forced to drink it. Fluoride tablets require a Doctor's prescription yet an untrained city employee would administer the medication. medi-cation. Any breakdown or mishap could be disasterous to the entire community. Fluoridation may soon be obsolete. "A new enzyme technique that has been used successfully to wipe out tooth cavities in hamsters anT rats may be available for humans in 3 or 4 years." (This was a UPI dispatch from the 46th General Meeting of the International Association of Dental Research in March, 1968.) Joseph E. Flanagan, Jr., Assistant Director Depart-' ment of Environmental Health, American Medical Association As-sociation states, in a letter on American Medical Association Asso-ciation stationery, "The American Medical Association is not prepared to state that 'no harm will be done to any person by water fluoridation.' The American Medical Me-dical Association has not carried out any research work, cither long-term, or short-term, regarding' the possibility possi-bility of any side effects." The medics, research scientists, dentists and others are in disagreement as to effects of fluoride on humans. In view of the above we feel that fluoride should not be forced on the people of Moab until it :s proven conclusively that there will be no harmful side effects. To force mass medication on an entire population, a lare number of who are opposed for health, religious reli-gious and other reasons is contrary to the letter and spirity of our democratic form of government and violates individual rights. Since fluoridation benefits only a small segment of the population, let it be supplied on an individual basis. The above information and facts can be varified from published reports and National periodicals published pub-lished by sciestists, chemists, engineers, laboratory technicians, American Medical Association and the American Dental Association. Moab Citizens Committee OPPOSED TO FLUORIDATION OF MOAB CITY WATER Grand County, Utah, October 9, 16, 23 and 30, 1969. BEAUTIFUL NEW HOMES CS .......... 52551 iLrv; K'f,v:.a ' i... --:...f.-N ,. , - i 1-. . ... 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