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Show ndas Him Viewpoint mu wm A Of the treated water, less than 5 percent will be consumed by the intended children. Better than 95 percent will be ineffective and thus wasted. No business can survive very long if they wasted that much of their product, unless they take it out of our pockets via taxes. As a parent it is my responsibilitake care of my own childrens to ty health, prepare their own breakfast and lunch etc, rather than dig into your pocket to help pay for my lazi- - I CLIPPER TODAY A4 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1999 a Legacy Highway: The need seems to grow every day At long last, construction has started on the Cherry Hill Interchange in the Fruit HeightsKaysville area. It should be a welcome relief for many, particularly residents of the area, who hopefully will be the recipients of safer conditions on Highway 89, especially as it relates to trying to cross that busy road between the east and west the portions of Fruit Heights. The Cherry Hill project is on the fast track contractor has a September 2(XX) completion date staring him in the face. And while every effort is anticipated to minimize delays during this construction. it is only one of several projects that may hamper the flow of traffic through Davis County. Already, motorists who must drive between Centerville and Lagoon are aware of the slowdowns in traffic caused by the lane revisions leading to the addition of two lanes to In addition, construction is due to start next year to replace the bumpy and d from Layton south. An official with the worn out sections of Utah Department of Transportation says that some southbound traffic will be all in an effort to keep traffic flowing rerouted to the northbound lanes really the only traffic through the hourglass that is Davis County and link for north and south. Ev en this UDOT official, in speaking of all the construction on the horizon it points to the need for a and already under way kept saying one thing . ness. One more thing, if you hear anya new program or whatever For the Children! be suspicious, it is usually for their own . job security. Peter Plaizier, Bountifid one advocate m Fluoride causes host of health problems south-boun- Legacy Highway. e That need keeps surfacing as frequent delays and acts of road such the incident as in Layton that led to several recent on rage appear, injuries. Last weekend was among the most horrific as far as trying to drive through Salt Lake County. For example, it took one motorist two hours to travel from downtown Salt Lake to Provo more than twice the usual amount of time. Redwood Road, Main Street you name it, they were all clogged with motorists trying to make their way. was shut down for construction but that left no reasonably fast alternatives for anyone, including emergency response personnel. This column has strongly backed Legacy Highway, or whatever you want to name an additional north-sout- h before. But corridor we believe the concept bears repeating. We are aware that if a new highway is built, vehicles will appear to fill it. New roads are not always the answer to traffic problems. But it would appear that in this instance, there needs to be at least one other transportation corriif for no other reason than to allow for emergency' dor open beyond and other essential traffic to operate in times of need. We have seen several examples, right in Davis County, of how life seemingly can come to a halt, all because of a major accident that virtually shuts With a quarter of a million residents in Davis County, many of them commuters, plus hundreds of thousands of others who must travel through the county to get where theyre going, the time is ripe for another freeway-typ- e road. After all, most of was completed 30 years ago. The state's population has more than doubled in that time. And traffic has more than kept pace with population growth. The time is right to do something about creating a Legacy Highway. Editor When it comes to the debate over fluoridation in our water, people always say the same thing why dont parents want their children to have healthy teeth? What a stupid question. Of course I would love my children to have healthy teeth but that is lot the issue here. If all fluoride did was to promote healthy teeth then OK....but that is not all it does. Unfortunately, other problems follow fluoride including brittle bones, severe allergies, toxicity, kidney problems, etc. If people want proof and research it is out there. It includes the research pub- ever-mor- Davis farmers deserve solutions Davis County farmers are in a real fix. The Davis-WebCanal break has left many of them high and dry, thirsting for water that isnt likely to come. Since the break, many farmers have lost their crops,' and the prospects of new water next spring look dim. This week, the Governor told the farmers and mayors from at least five Davis County cities (along with mayors from Roy and Riverdale) that the state's well is dry, as well. While Salt Lake City received financial help in rebuilding almost immediately, it appears that Davis and Weber County farmers are not a powerful enough lobby to force any kind of quick action to save their farms and their livelihoods. Even if the state legislature decides to provide help in next year's session, quick action will mean that no funds will be available until April 2CXX) at the earliest meaning that time required for construction will endanger yet er another growing season. Meanwhile, just to repair the broken section of pipeline will cost the canal company millions of dollars. The trouble is that state engineers have ruled that the entire section of canal west of U.S. 89 has deteriorated and needs repair. It will also need since much of it runs through areas of South Weber that have been found unstable and subject to landslides. That effort could cost tens of millions of dollars. Its a pretty bitter pill for the canal company to swallow, and its likely to take at least five years to resolve. Those are five years that most farming families are not likely to survive. The end result is that what few farmers remain in Davis County once a heavily agricultural county are in danger of being forced out. There are no easy answers as state and local officials grapple with the problem of saving agriculture while protecting residents along the canal route. Some flexibility of position is called for, however, to salvage the situation. It is amazing that state emergency funds dont exist for a crisis such as this, even if loans. just in the form of low-coFor the folks whose homes were flooded in Riverdale, most of the floods effects are already over. The rest of us may never be inconvenienced at all. But for many of the county's farmers, the future looks grim without water next summer. They deserve our help and attention just as much as did the home-ownein Riverdale. Lets hope that our elected officials and the public as a whole have just as much compassion for their plight. st rs lished in The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1991 An unborn fetus is not a citizen Fluoridation offers host of health hazards Editor Editor: I would like to remind Don Guymon (Sounding board, 5 Aug. 1999) when he selectively quotes from the Declaration Clipper Today Complete North Davis coverage from Kaysville to Sunset Published by Clipper Publishing Co. 197 North Main Layton, Utah 84041 Office hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Fax: Monday thru Friday eztalkclippertoday.com Clipper Today is published every Thursday and distributed to residents of Kaysville, Fruit Heights, Layton, Clearfield, Clinton, Syracuse, Sunset, West Point and South Weber. The views expressed in the letters and columns on this page are those of their authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the ownership, management or staff of Clipper Today. Independence Life, liberty and the you got it: The . American pursuit of happiness under governHeritage ments instituted among men, as Dictionary, 3rd edition, defines the further stated in that document, are noun fluorine as a pale yellow, reserved for citizens of those governhighly corrosive, poisonous, gaseous ments, namely living, breathing halogen element, the most elechuman souls. tronegative and most reactive of all An unborn fetus is not a citizen. It the elements, used in a wide variety does not have rights equal to the right of industrially important compounds. of a woman and her pursuit of health , When they talk about putting fluand happiness. oride in the drinking water, what Our sacred Constitution allows a exactly are they talking about putting woman her God given freedom of in the water? choice or free agency'. Whether an They are talking about fluorosili-ci- c abortion is a sin or not is entirely a acid. What is fluorosilicic acid, matter between her and her God. and where does it come from? It is a The sin of murder against a living toxic waste by product of wet process soul, however, is not only a matter phosphate fertilizer manufacturing. between her and God, but also The fertilizer manufacturers are between her and this government relieved to know that they can put it instituted for the benefit of We the in your water so they dont have to people. dispose of it as a Superfund toxic Grant Simons waste. 75 percent of the countrys supply Kaysville of phosphate fertilizers, as well as much of the countrys fluorosilicic acid for water fluoridation is proLet's force ' not fluoride on everyone Editor. I am a parent of four. When I first heard the debate for fluoridation in drinking water I was all for it. That is until I spoke to my mother about it. She told me about moving to Texas during WWII to work as a nanny. At that time Texas had fluoride in their water. Every time her skin came in contact with the water, bathing, doing laundry, dishes, etc. she would break out with a very painful rash. The creases of her skin itched so bad she could hardly stand A doctor there told her it was due to the fluoride in the water. The family she worked for ended up buying water without fluoride to bathe in. This is a very expensive alternative and one that I know my family cannot afford. She also remembers many of the children there having yellow stained teeth because of too much fluoride. Flaving poor teeth myself, the idea of healthier teeth for my children without any added effort or time on my part sounds very appealing, but when weighed with the potential pain and suffering it could cause it just doesn't make sense. What a sad thought that we might bring even worse health concerns upon the very children we are trying to help. We already have the ability to stop tooth decay. Lets be responsible and use what we already have instead of forcing fluoride on everyone. Jennifer Young Total circulation in excess of 38,000 copies. Publisher: R. Gail Stable Editors: RolfD. Koecher, Tom Busselberg Sales: Martin Ehman, Aaron Glauser Kaysville Fluoride is dangerous to the public health Editor Display advertising deadline: Friday, 5 p.m. Camera-read- y ad deadline: Monday, 5 p.m. Classified advertising deadline: Tuesday, 10 a.m. duced in Florida. On another note, .the United States Army conducted toxicity tests on fluoride in the 1940s and has known at least since April 29, 1944 that fluoride has a marked central nervous system effect (according to recently declassified documents). A 1998 review of the state of children's teeth in Newburgh, N.Y. (the first U.S. city with fluoridated water) and Kingston, N.Y. (non fluoridated water) revealed that in 1986 and 1995, the children in both cities had virtually identical rates of tooth decay. (New York State Dental Journal, February, 1998). Similar but larger studies have revealed the same results in Canada, Europe, and New Zealand. However, children in Newburgh had about twice the rate of dental fluorosis (mottling and discoloration of the teeth) as children in Kingston. The USEPA has been pushed by political forces to claim fluoridated drinking water is safe, but the union representing EPA scientists, lawyers, engineers, and other professional employees disagrees and requested non fluoridated water for themselves and recently endorsed a petition in California calling for water. In a statement dated May 1, 1999 J. William Hirzy Ph.D. outlined the reasons. Those are, briefly: In 1985 EPA had 1) Politics asked an employee to write into fluoride legislation that EPA thought it - was all right for children to have funky teeth (dental fluorosis). EPA dismissed this as a cosmetic effect, not an adverse health effect). 2) Rat studies, in which giving fluoride in drinking water to rats at levels that give rise to plasma fluoride concentrations in the range seen in humans caused neurotoxic effects depending on when the rats were exposed. not want fluoride in my water. Fluoride is a tailing of aluminum and is dangerous to the health of the population. Jmnita Edwards I do Woodscross(&aol. com WlMB asked for it (a researched statement of the perils of fluoridated water), of it. f Heres my reply to Ted Cassins letter about fluoridation You Those exposed before birth were born hyperactive and remained so throughout their lives. Those exposed as young or adult animals displayed depressed activity. Other rat studies showed that rats are more entitled Hip Fractures and Fluoridation in Utahs Elderly Tesistant to fluoride than humans. In other words, when rats get 1 ppm in drinking water, their brains and kidneys are exposed to much less fluoride than humans getting 1 ppm, yet they are experiencing toxic effects. 3) Two studies from China that show decreases in I.Q. in children who get more fluoride than the control groups of children in each study, decreases of about 5 to 10 I.Q. points in children aged 8 to 13 years. 4) Fludrides interference with the function of the pineal gland, which produces melatonin which, among other things, regulates the bodys internal clock. 5) Cancer studies, especially osteosarcoma (bone cancer). Studies have shown fluoride's ability to cause mutations. EPA toxicologist Dr. William Marcus was fired for speaking up about this issue. He sued EPA and got his job back after a judge determined he was fired for his fluoride work and for disagreeing with the agencys official position. 6) Hip fractures. Five long term studies have documented fluorides role in causing hip fractures among the elderly. EPA refused to consider any bone brittleness effect other than crippling skeletal fluorosis in doing its risk assessment. 7) Dr. John Colquhoun, who was the Principal Dental Officer for Auckland, New Zealand, used to be a staunch supporter of fluoridation. In 1980 he was given the task of looking at the worldwide data on fluoridations effectiveness in preventing cavities. As a result of what he found, he is now against fluoridation, after publishing a paper titled, Why I Changed My Mind About Water Fluoridation. 8) There is an unmeasured and unmeasureable exposure to fluoride every day from many sources, including fluoridated toothpaste (at least you control that), many industrial processes which put fluoride into the air and water, processed foods and pesticide residues. There are other reasons too Did I mention fluoride is also radioactive? Uranium and all of its decay rate products are found in phosphate rock, fluorosilicic acid and phosphate fertilizer. This was documented in an article in the fertilizer industry journal Phosphorus Potassium in September & October, 1979. Besides, the idea of fluoridating the drinking water was just the governments way of defending itself (and du Pont) against lawsuits over fluoride poisoning that would have hampered the atomic bomb program. Too long a story to tell here. Well, do you still want fluoridated , water? Im sure if you do, the government will be happy to provide it Mark Graham, Layton markfiber.net Parents really should exercise own diligence Editor: A reply to a letter by Ted Cassin of Layton, titled Responsible parents want healthy teeth. If you are a responsible parent or grandparent, you surely would not leave that responsibility to a government agency. We all know how responsible they usually are, besides we can do it a lot cheaper ourselves. No overhead, no bureaucracy, no taxes. Population stating there is a significant increase in the risk of hip frac- ture and exposure to fluoride causes new bone formation of an inferior quality. Why do we always treat everyone as if we are all the same. We are not. No two bodies even handle aspirin the same way. What about calcium? It promotes very strong, healthy teeth and bones. Again, it would be wonderful if fluoride just made strong teeth. Too bad there are many consequences that follow. All I can think of is another freedom gone. Let us be wise and think for ourselves. If we want fluoride let us get it on our own. Do not force. Kathie Wamock Bountifid bwamockjuno.com P.S. Just a final thought...I never had fluoride as a child and I had very strong healthy teeth. Of course my parents didnt feed me candy or sugar. Maybe we should make it against the law to feed our kids sugar? Fluoride tables better than fluoridated water Editor I think we all have to agree that fluoride promotes healthy teeth. And, yes, responsible parents want healthy teeth (for themselves as well as their children). As my children grew up, we provided fluoride tablets for them (they are inexpensive). . But I am against fluoride in the water. The amount of fluoride that an individual receives when it is in the drinking water can vary greatly. And depending upon the amount of water ingested, it would be possible to have too little or too much. By providing fluoride in tablet form, the correct amount can be administered for the greatest benefit. If there are families who dont understand or dont provide fluoride for their children, why not spend the money on education programs or free fluoride tablets instead of everyone to fluoride in our water? Tablets seem to me to make a lot more sense than fluoridation in the drinking water. 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