Show I Writes Against Proposal For Fluoridation According to It a news item In your Dee Dec 20 1963 edition edillon a Bountiful city councilman made a motion just prior to his retirement as city council man that an engineering firm be authorized to make a study on cost of fluoridation for lor Bountiful municipal water wa wa- tel ter supply The motion car ried In their promotional whoop whoop- la propaganda advocates or of fluoridation often orten point to tamn cities having large populations lations that have Installed fluoridating equipment but they OleY fail lail to men lion that approximately 12 communities that adopt e ed d fluoridation later discarded It It Included were San Diego Calif St St. Petersburg Peters Peters- burg Fla Akron 0 O. O Wichita Falls Fails Tex and Vernal Utah 2800 The Vernal fluoridating ing equipment was Installed by the town council without a referendum vote but In November No No- vember 1957 the citizens voted it out Among the cities discarding fluoridation because of faulty equipment operating troubles or corrosion were Johnston Colo Concord New Hampshire Mangum Okla Kennewick Wash Roseau and Minn Blinn There may be medical impressive im evidence that fluor Ides in water help make hard teeth but there are some other oth oth- er aspects of the matter Dr Offer Oller L L. L Barll Baril professor of chemistry at College of the Holy Cross in e a r f. f Mass says that there are many unanswered questions concerning the safety of water wa ter fluoridation and that In any case there Is no justification cation for forcing people who do not need fluoride to use it On the le other hand it is poso poSe sible for tor those wishing fluorIdes fluor- fluor Ides for tor their water to have them in toothpaste or in tablets tab tab- lets obtainable at drug stores at nominal cost Is it then necessary nee essary to add fluorides to the entire water supply including that used for watering lawns washing cars or the family clothes lothes and fighting fires Our new President Lyndon B. B Johnson is showing much concern over the high cost ot of government both bath nationally and nd at the local level Lets Let's lace ace it it our city councilmen doubtless recognize the tremendous tree tre tax load carried by the taxpayers and they sh should uld not hot allow themselves to be pressured subtly or otherwise Into the installation of new costly projects Frank L. L Richardson E. E 1050 N N. Bountiful Note The above statistical in formation Is based substantially on a r report port dated April 1963 from the United States Public Health Service DIvision DIvi- DIvi sion of Dental Public Health and Resources and from In formation In the tho National Fluoridation News |