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Peace Without Poison

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From 1966 to 1974 Costa Rica’s total fertility rate plummeted from more than 7 children perwoman to 4.3 due to an ambitious population control program introduced during the presidencyof José Joaquín Trejos Fernández (1966-1970) and continued by his successor, José FigueresFerrer (1970-1974).From 1974 to 1986 the program of population control was more restrained but continuednevertheless. This was during the presidencies of Daniel Oduber Quirós (1974-1978), RodrigoCarazo Odio (1978-1982), and Luis Alberto Monge (1982-1986).From 1987, when salt fluoridation was introduced, to 2006, the pace of fertility decline sloweddown even more, undoubtedly due to the time needed for fluoride poisoning to take effect. Thisoccurred during the presidencies of Óscar Arias (1986-1990), Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier(1990-1994), José María Figueres (1994-1998), Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (1998-2002), and AbelPacheco (2002-2006).188 | P a g e

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