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Obituary. Francis Arnold, U.S. dental head, Ex-Officer of NIDR, Public Health Service.
Special to The New York Times SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3– Dr. Francis A. Arnold Jr., former chief dental officer of the Public Health Service and assistant Surgeon General of the United States, died Friday at the Public Health Service Hospital here. He was 56 years old. Fluoride Innovator Dr. Arnold had retired in September from […]
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Fluorides for Adults
Virtually all U.S. dentists now agree that the best way to prevent tooth decay is to fluoridate water supplies so that children get the benefits from the time their tooth buds begin to form—only a few weeks after conception. Failing that, many dentists paint stronger fluoride solutions on children’s teeth once or twice a year. […]
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Antigo: Back to Fluorides
In 1949, Antigo, Wis. (present pop. 9,600), became one of the first communities in that state to put fluorides into its water supply in an effort to cut down tooth decay. But anti-fluoridation groups kept up a vigorous campaign, claiming that fluoride, a poison when taken in large doses, had cumulative toxic effects even when […]
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Obituary. H. Trendley Dean, early investigator and promoter of water fluoridation
Special to The New York Times CHICAGO, May. 14 – Dr. H. Trendley Dean, a pioneer in determining effects of fluoridated water on tooth decay, died yesterday in Marine Hospital. He was 68 years old. Dr. Dean joined the American Dental Association’s research council in 1953 and served as secretary of the council until his […]
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Manhasset: Voters Turn Out in Record Numbers to Defeat By Four To One Proposal to Fluoridate Public water Supply
The residents of the Manhasset Lakeville Water District turned out in record numbers on May 9, to defeat the proposal to fluoridate the public water supply. Residents of the district voted four to one against the proposal. This was Long Island’s first referendum on fluoridation and while it was only a gauge of public feeling […]
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Fluoridated Water Criticized as Socialized Medicine
“Many people, particularly scientists, believe that we are suffering in the U.S. from a national epidemic of irrationality—what Senator J.W. Fulbright of Arkansas has called the ‘swinish blight of anti-intellectualism.’ Fluoridation of public water supplies has been recommended by an impressive list of scientific organizations. However, from the beginning there has been opposition. The anti-fluoridation […]
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Fluoridated Water Criticized as Socialized Medicine
“Many people, particularly scientists, believe that we are suffering in the U.S. from a national epidemic of irrationality—what Senator J.W. Fulbright of Arkansas has called the ‘swinish blight of anti-intellectualism.’ Fluoridation of public water supplies has been recommended by an impressive list of scientific organizations. However, from the beginning there has been opposition. The anti-fluoridation […]
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New York’s Fluoridation Control
According to the March, 1951, issue of the New York State Health News, the New York State Department of Health has recommended that cities and villages fluoridate their potable water supplies; subject however to the ability of the municipalities to provide adequate control measures in accordance with requirements set forth by the department. A digest […]
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Lewiston’s dental achievement
Lewiston has made great strides in improving the dental health of the city’s children through fluoridation of the water supply during the last three years. Results of tests started in June 1947, were released Monday by the city engineer’s office, which conducted the work with the aid of the United States public health service, the […]
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Methods of Removing Fluorides from Water.
*Original online at http://fluoridealert.org/wp-content/uploads/maier-1947.pdf Excerpts: FLUORIDE REMOVAL METHODS The methods utilizing the fluoride exchange properties of the apatites, such as those involving the use of the constituents of bone, the ion exchange principle, and those depending on the sorptive properties of aluminum compounds, appear to show the most promise for removing excess fluorides from water. […]
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