Show Cancer Society takes position on fluoridation i The Utah Division of or the American Cancer Society has reaffirmed its position that there is no evidence of a cancer hazard in water fluoridation Dr Charles n. n Smart National American Cancer Society Delegate from the Utah Division said according to the American C Cancer Society policy statement The IThe American Cancer Society has examined available evidence and does docs not consider that there is any relationship between fluoridation of water and the incidence of cancer TilE THE SOCIETY believes present knowledge about human cancer does not provide any basis on which populates desiring fluoridation for reduction of dental should forgo its use he said Dr Joseph F F. F Fraumeni Chief of the Division of Cancer Cause and Prevention of the National Cancer Institute has hive ill investigated the incidence of cancer in cities with fluoridation as compared with those without and also those areas where fluoride is naturally t high gh in the water supply such as in areas of Texas and they find no correlation of the incidence of cancer and fluoride in the water This paper will be published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute in October 1976 The recurrent question of a cancer fluoridation link arose again July 9 during public hearings bearings by the State Board of Health on a prop proposal al to require adjustment of fluoride levels in n Utah water supply At that time it was a Hedged that compulsory artificial fluoridation would cause an increase of deaths per year in Utah The Utah Division of the American Can Cancer er Soci Society ty does not feel that statement has any validity said Dr Smart |