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In terms of some citizens making a ‘"political footâ€" ball‘* out of fluoridation, the mayor said **you then get people elected on the basis of one emotional issue." By Philip Jalsevac f Staff Writer Mayor Marjorie Carroll says she regrets fluoridation of city water has become an issue just months away from the November municipal elecâ€" tions, claiming the situation is ‘"turning a health issue into a political footâ€" In an interview, Mayor Carroll said *"I feel badly that it‘s come up as a poliâ€" tical issue prior to an elecâ€" tion. I find the whole thing most unfortunate." dtudushat Bb tcretenmancams ~ Bsce tcdfetc ind sntivnts drcltrindiifihdactieticts s 3. â€" Arceterak C it ns mt ce 4 t .. Sh ball.‘" And the mayor said she is concerned the ensuing climate could mean emotional, rather than rational decisions will be made regarding fluoridation and the election of councillors. 3 REGRETS TIMING And in terms of some of Mayor upset _ by fluoride issue 126th Year * No. 33 * Wednesday, August 13, 1980 * 25 Cents at the Newstand And if citizens are conâ€" cerned about drinking an acid. they may draw some comfort from the fact that it‘s injected into the water system in minâ€" ute quantities, that is. one part per million of water (1 ppm). By Philip Jalsevac Staff Writer Hydrofluosilicic acid â€" that‘s actually what Waâ€" terloo residents are drinking when they conâ€" sume city water. The substance â€" which scientists like to call HFS acid for short (they admit it‘s a mouthful) â€" is the vital ingredient in the city‘s water fluoridation program. Proponents of the cheâ€" How we get â€" our fluoride _ THIS WEEK INSIDE, the candidates for office making it an election issue, the mayor said "there‘s no question that Alderman (Mary Jane) MeWhinney has stated she will already make it so." Carroll also blasted Safe Yater Society spokesman im Colley, who has anâ€" nounced he may seek an alâ€" derman‘s seat. â€"She claimed Colley would mical‘s use claim it poses. no health risks. while preventing tooth decay. particularly among young children. How exactly does the city get its fluoride for water treatment? For a starter. it‘s the region that purchases the chemical for use in the treated water it sells Waâ€" terloo. The supplier locally is Sulco Chemicals Ltd. in Elmira. a subsidiary of Canada Colors and Cheâ€" micals Ltd., with head ofâ€" fices in Toronto. That company. in turn. gets its fluoride from CIL Industries Ltd.. which markets it as a byproduct (Continued on page 4) be running on an antiâ€" fluoridation ticket, even though he says otherwise. Colley‘s looseâ€"knit orâ€" ganization has been unsucâ€" cessfully battling the city to rescind its practise of fluoriâ€" dating the water supply. The Safe Water Society is organizing a petition to force a referendum in the November elections on the matter. j But Colley has said, if he runs, it would not be on an antiâ€"fluoridation â€" platform. Rather, he said, it would be on the basis that council ‘‘*doesn‘t listen‘‘ to the average citizen. Mayor Carroll called that reason for considering to run "hardly valid." & The mayor said that if poâ€" tential health hazards from fluoridation ‘‘can be in any way documented, we would have to seriously consider the matter." But, she said she would like the issue ""to be dealt with in a reasonable manâ€" ner, not an emotional, heatâ€" ed debate." Referring to an article in last week‘s edition of the Chronicle, the mayor also said it may be worthwhile for the city to pick up on a suggestion by Dr. Dyson Rose of Ottawa to conduct blood tests of WaterlIoo resiâ€" dents for ionic fluoride levels. â€" SEE PAGE 19 Gordon knocks (Continued on page 3) Rob Good cycles in Canadians â€" SEE PAGE 17