Show 1 1 r i s rf W Z w nm L k ja A jk ajha pear been toll following oring okill interest tile the jn your paper con concerning cernin af motion d t an our tit elt aty miles city Montu ha hat which la Is a little largel baj ver oal nai went through tills this balno pro about three YOM years ago our local jaycees beio wet 0 working 1 to got get tion voted in and the opposition hero here ws led lea by one person e arson ilia 1110 letter were so BO similar to those i its in lu i they t ley must have received their p propaganda rop acanda hom drom tile the pane source fortunately our city voted I 1 in fluoridation and since it started there has us not ot been one word or comp complaint JAnt against chete of the water or anything else the person w who WOO was so 0 against it if in n our city Is now get tind his name in the paper against cable type television no matter matter what type of OF progress omes comes along that iq Is moud good for the people people there here allf always be someone against t it the te jaycees aycel of 11 vernal are to be b e congratulated ratu for working so BO hard 11 to bring to city and nd I 1 tot or hope you cit citizen lien will support port them by bott voting 40 fluoridation r i fi t yours truly f david M anderson Miles City montana dear saraj 1 opposition to fluoridation ot of public water supplies can be based on these reasons fl i 1 compulsory medication I 1 Is contrary to the fundamental fundamental fundament ai freedom of americans his k mass medication ignores thet individual t relationship ol of p atil physician oe 01 den dentist tast tot 6 his h choicer 3 1 I 1 it forces whole populations tiong to take medicine which they neither need or want fa 4 Prey prevention potion of tooth decay becq av by y proper diet and oral hygiene e U i the preferred method becom ended by most dentists and physicians 5 because of debt destruction ruction of enzymes and probably of other othe harm farm to the body in addition to t the e teeth 6 disregard for the tact fact that fluorine is a cumulative poison fi 7 because bt bf individual dit de ferencek feren ces no effective average dose for all can be applied t through rough 41 public water supplies a 8 it opens floor door toy for oher borms torms tr ms of gnass mass medication 9 it is unwary unwarranted anted unethical unscientific and un amerl c n f fluoridation is mass medication without parallel in the history Ine dicine says tile the de laneal congressional report un on of public drinking prinking pr inking waters batero supplies Pup supplies plies 4 va P 1 t the american journal of chemistry says that fluorine may tend to accumulate within tile the body so that tot of luo V ino ine pol poisoning wy ay take as wig r r Is 9 ten yeara years IQ q appear 4 each person Is a law unto himself and po one no can can predict individual reaction lon to poisonous chemicals even in small quantities no person of sane reason ipg would want to drink rat p poison in ANY quantity L C oct 5 to the people of vernal on 0 art ki subject ft fluoridation As aa a former kes president ident who was wait born end and raised in vernal Vern 0 I 1 hope you cannot doubt me when I 1 say any I 1 have bave a real realand and abiding interest in the welfare of the people of my former chomej the action of your city coull tit in sponsoring fluoridation ailt if your city wate supply was a fine tiling thing they studied the abject carb carefully fully and courageously went ahead with their decision however llo wever I 1 was shocked when I 1 read in the th aa express that tain lain uniformed individuals bad made an iosub bt bf tile the project they have lave linued many untrue and distorted statements elds lias has made it difficult for the average to know know how to act but you ebu taxi ibe assured there Is nut not a shred of truth lit in any of their statements regarding ill all affects of ft fluoridate aler wf it if it is assurance belp boxi want I 1 can cali ahsu assure you prof ally mod and from I 1 rom in my own personal tion it that 11 a t should be considered as 1 a I dp finite necessity these factors cannot be refuted 4 ted it ii it Is in absolutely sate safe 2 it 4 prevents do to 70 of at all ad dental decay und forms form bet tat ur strollder irot stroll gT ger itaco 3 31 it Is ia inexpensive 1 I 11 lam brn sure nire that when aeo jile ale of aff alf y will asseri themselves find end now by a convincing majority that hat they hey are interested interfiled inter filed in the alfare ham ot of themselves and their cy idren sincerely colder of the masa vt of motor lal which has hen pinned pi ined d in to of oatt wa ter ler tile th public is likly to lose qc 91 tho positive tivo effects rani this th mendla public publia service browing Is a summary of tile facts of tile alio quest question lon what Is a fluoridation ft eruc illy ally pil water and many foods cont contain aIll fluoride in or loss less atreo p of concentration tile the of water wate r consists in adding to or det detracting tatting from the amount of 0 natural fluorine in tho the water lo 10 to bring it lt to the concentration 0 one part 0 of f fluorine fo 0 one million parts of water to fo prevent tooth decay experience has shown allow that the best beat results are obtained when tile ahe watt water r la Is at this concentration what does doe fluoridation do it cuts down new tooth decay up to 03 while some interesting q evidence I 1 Is being collected which show a that adults will be benefited the realor benefi beneficiaries cla are children who drink file 10 enri enriched elied waler all ah ther thele lives ultimately the entire commux ity will benefit cannot take the place af 0 a good balanced diet it should phou loli never b 13 retarded regarded as aa a for peeping the teeth ca cheari a 6 or r I 1 for F period care by a goa denap dui eyan well cared or teeth are 0 apt t t manifest dt df coy cay unless the tooth enamel to Is b ard d enough does poes it fluch really rep work experience w with th fluoridation i d aaion programs shows 11 conclusive evidence of the effectiveness ot of the proc ed ure f A rip reducing acini dental ecay 1 l long ab term erm control studies s ica as s the newburgh kingston King iton study coupled with similar independently conducted studies in grand rapids evanston brentford brantford and elsewhere the question has been put beyond doubt 30 million people are now safely and effectively drinking fluoridated water l in the U US S I 1 1 what does lt t cost to the peo ph i af 0 I 1 vornal vernal it univ may cost ps BS muc as I 1 20 0 cents per person per year this is a high estimate 1 chis I his is more than in some localities due to the fact that all of put pui water Ts q not used tor for drink ing ap A SPA san F it costs live five cents per person per year in orand grand 17 cents eveni even considering that pt this water n may be be wasted ope fiust must conclude clu a e that 90 cents cent a per mr 1 person erson I per year is 14 A small to pay for the good received Is if it safe we know without a question or doubt states dr nicholas til cholas C ceone X eone chief of medical investigation for for ajla national institute of dental kle ite klej j search that 0 1 part per per million a water supply is absolutely safe is beneficial and is not productive of any sy systemic effect in tan r man Is thero there i a better way no the Nat national lopal research council inquiry into various velli vehicles cies to td supply nourishment to supay 9 growing I 1 ro ing 1 teeth concluded that the effectiveness and safety of fluoride administered in tile the drinking water at the becom recon mended level was better established than any other measure application of fluoride to the teeth helps but it is not hot nearly via as effective as drinking the water f 10 Is it needed next to the common cold mast dental decays eca is pro bably tile the most universal 1 disease suffered b by mankind when A a ak health deficiency la Is shared by pa S r oi t the entire 10 to 6 20 29 percent of all amerl americans i is a serious situation Is there a cast case against dation them th loudest opposition word ts is poison those who claim that fluoride is poison do not take into consideration tile the quantity quantify to produce even tile the mildest symptoms of fluoride poisoning would demand that tile the victim swallow two and a hall half of properly wort dated water during a single day Is it accumulative na d tile the vital statistics of 32 cities with appreciable preci able fluoride in their water supplies have been compared with 32 calies whose water is fluard itkor ie tit the of all deaths and specific mortality due to cancers cancer nephritis cirrhosis L of tile the liver heart beart di diseases anil lesions were examined wo no important differences were found la Is there a difference between natural and artificial chor ides more than thain six acore of tile the nations all onla leading chemists have jointly re re asse assed the fundamental chei chemical mical principle thai the fluoride Is fa what it ts Is and acts acta as it does whether it occurs in water lyster naturally or Is added any statement td tile the contrary Is in ili accordance with facts 46 1 appo cd oil the lie grounds of mugs mass ane water T la a afe tentative enta 1 tIve remedy and al is not faast mass medicine 11 coutt couri cases cased i lave drought out oui the act baki that thai the tb of flu fluoride gride to Is not medicating itin the general 1 I accepted sense but was adding to to it f pp lp ap 0 of te mineral pro perlea sound found naturally lly in water socialized medicine Is iq inappropriately used because it la Is not imposed by federal or state government action it if is decided naj 4 by the individual focal 0 cal community coIn and this service cannot Pe be adequately ajo p bided vided b by Y the individual to for him self Id wever if ane one is opposed to hl this s service on these grounds ve W 0 suggest that they the fact that there are some services vices which can be supplied better on a community basis chanon individual basis we might mention such common services as fire prevention public education highways services to the blind the deaf arid the crippled aid to dental health by fluoridation should como come under this category one might say that individuals should take care of these services for themselves one elgh also say that each man could go to the mountains and bring brin down his own water supply to insist that everyone pay higher dental pills bills and that pra projection ejection against again dental decay bg be denied all children because some people euple do pot not agree with public policy would give a relatively few ev dissenters teto eto power over evry evar benefit I 1 7 41 to q the larger community mun ty does ta the fluorine change the taste aste of the water it Is ador odorless tasteless colorless larless co it does doea not change the natural condition ol 01 the he water in any apy way W Y that Is OW ob berva ler vable tae The cit CIty council ot of afew Tew bu burgh h lf if i Y approved the water vater fluoridation program in march harch 1944 it was announced the he action would begin april 1 during the of april april there were some complaints about taste aste digestion etc delay in delivery of the fluoride supply had postponed tile the actual starting da date to babil may so go these complaints camp came in betre before fluor had been started there are some come questions about engineering problems samples will be taken from the water aul supply ply end and regularly be sent in to laboratories so fio that a continual check will be made on tile the tondi condition tion of the water it is to be understood lander stood that tills this service will be given the careful consideration in operation procedure that it deserves we have tried unsuccessfully successfully On to get the data tile 8 i doctors and dentists who signed signed a apo resolution 14 1014 stating their opposition W 0 of water from the tha perso who wyte the article in perg last las wed week 10 Is a paper but we would wold like ke to correct the st r teme efU t that 11 ahlo jo does nat not react receive e the he an unstinted tinted messing inep i af mf hip aps fps i respective bev ive 1 professions on A state arid national level medical cal and ad deew denta there is 13 p ole avi evidence enca printed prated I 1 in other parts arts of this paper t fo show row that the accredited acar afons of doctors docta and edt dentists in the country p aej T oye bye 1 thor their tion Is r V d frequently in worded order 10 to ap op pp up p with wit any an nm new developments in the alel field put out since t bof as fl I 1 st t adopted U has alvor been abandoned im in n principio by the 1 associations of the ato state e and ration there are almost ft a quarter of a million millio physicians h I 1 in our aur country and bout 0 one hundred thousand san dentists each pas his byll ight r etolo he can exo express an opinion arid of beteri tell do does it ass 13 q biot unusual to id find among that va vast number flo oT people p I 1 le some forne who do ao not ot igo go along with a health measure ealure po S matter how hov y much wora wo has been done dohe on it ii 0 or r who has endorsed it it is not surprising that water fluoridation ilas has its its individual appo opponent ne itt 1 I a among in 0 ag professional people the same people have lave probably objected to td eions tio s vaccinations rd and proven hatiye medicine ally all down the iffe also thero there are Aily laymen hien without scientific training pining tr 1 doctors who are are oot not in good repute and others who try to block bloch slon time or space will not permit a discussion of all that could be said in support port of fluoridation of water or in answer to opposition we conclude with a statement from dr peter marshall former president resident Vi of the new york county medical society I 1 have every confidence in tile health authorities who have lave developer developed this important measure of protection for our peoples health the story of fluoridation forms forma a chapter in the history of public health which wo can all be proud tile the final leciston le decision cislon rests w with ith the people with laith you vote for science progress and cental health for tour your woodren WL Odren vernal citizens Com C 0 P M I 1 itee 4 tw for |