Ford was born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Montana, where he earned an engineering degree at Montana State College. He opposed the addition of fluoride to city waters from the mid fifties until his retirement in 1965, famously informing the New York City Board of Estimate that, “The water supply system of this city is not a gigantic medicine bottle into which one may combine ingredients and shake well before using. We control the concentration of fluoride going into the water at the beginning. But no one knows what concentration will reach the households, except that it will be different all over the city.” Public Letter to the NYC City Council from Arthur C. Ford, Water Commissioner. March 13, 1956. http://www.oldthinkernews.com/2010/12/09/new-york-water-commissioner-1956-states-reasons-for-opposition-to-fluoridation/ Accessed Oct 11, 2016The Insanity of Water Fluoridation by Gary Krasner. 1993. http://cfic.us/articles/Fluoride+lead.pdf Accessed Oct 11, 2016
