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Show Jl j III; mum lict' Mareh 17, 19G9 Sitor Sam Taylor ; oab. Utah 1 '"ar Mr. Taylor: et i am wondering if perhaps SA vould be wise for the City f Council to reconsider the possibilities pos-sibilities of fluoridation of ilvfiloab's water. )r .'rhe cost itself should be 'Luffh to scare any taxpay- 0f. It seems rather sense-5"v sense-5"v to me to fluoridate, to the tune of $25,000 or more, all the water that never touches tou-ches our teeth, i.e. bathing water, washing water, and the water we use to water our ' lawns and flowers. Wouldn't it be much easier to simply buy a prescription yearly, take a pill daily and not have the worry, cost, and upkeep of a city fluoride system. Then what about the guy or gal who doesn't really rel- ish the thought .of permanent perman-ent mottled teeth, courtesy of fluoride? Or the housewife who will have to buy special water to make bread with because be-cause fluoride kills the enzymes en-zymes that make bread rise? Perhaps all are not aware that statistical studies in the midwest have shown that the incidence of mongloid births is higher in ' fluoridated fluoridat-ed areas. That's not all! Gardens watered with fluoridated produce pro-duce fluorine-bearing vege- |