Word: wyner
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Fredrick J. Stare, professor of Nutrition at the Medical School and Secretary of the Massachusetts Committee for Dental Health, stated Wednesday that the opponents of fluoridation in Brookline have waged a campaign of "vituperation and distortion." His statement was reiterated and augmented yesterday by Mrs. Justyn Wyner of the Brookline committee supporting fluoridation...
...Wyner said that the opponents of fluoridation had placed an advertisement in the Brookline Citizen implying a link between fluoridation and diabetes, kidney disorder, allergies, and arthritis. The ad also stated that only "payola professors" and commercial interests profiting from the sale of fluoride supported fluoridation...
Opponents of fluoridation also conducted a vast mail campaign. According to Mrs. Wyner, one of the pamphlets sent to Brookline citizens read, "Will your child be the one in six to have mottled teeth?" Others contained out-of-context quotes of various doctors...
...Wyner said that the defeated referendum for fluoridation could have been passed "hands down" were it not for the "distortion and scare tactics" by the Brookline Citizens Rights Association opposing fluoridation...