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Funda Mental Value: A strange, introverted man, he conducted funda mental valuemental research into chemistry, electricity, and heat in the hermitage of his home. Had more of this research been published, British science might well have progressed significantly faster than it did, for his manuscript work shows an attempt at a scientific synthesis that would have been of considerable importance.
And as more funda mental valuemental knowledge emerges from basic atomic research, more practical benefits—as yet unimagined and unforeseen—will inevitably emerge too. This has been the history of atomic science since radioactivity was first discovered more than 70 years ago, and it will continue as long as men remain insatiably curious about the forces that govern the universe of matter around them.
Arguments against fluoridation have included these: (1) a precedent is set for adulterating water and for mass medication; (2) fluorine is a poison and is injurious even when taken in small doses; (3) fluorides cause mottling of teeth, em-brittlement of bones, cancer, and kidney diseases; (4) many persons would object on religious grounds; (5) fluoridation is a violation of funda mental valuemental liberties. |
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