Britain's path to the future is "lit by the brilliant light of science", Tony Blair

Think of how, over the last century, some of the following discoveries have transformed our lives. MRI scanning, developed in this very building; the contraceptive pill; modern infertility treatment; ultrasound scan for unborn babies; unlocking the double helix structure of DNA; keyhole surgery; placing fluoride in the water supply; the portable defibrillator; the Hepatitis B vaccine; strained quantum-well lasers which contain the information used in CDs, DVDs and the internet; DNA fingerprinting. A whole speech could be given that amounted to nothing more than a list of examples.

Fluoridation transformed our lives - is he serious or just reading a script?