UK - Bolton pro fluoride letter
Water is monitored for chemicals
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IN his otherwise very balanced letter on fluoridation, John Taylor made one factual mistake.Fluoride doesn't occur naturally in some sources of drinking water, it occurs naturally in all sources of drinking water.
But he is spot on in observing that our drinking water is not "pure" but contains additives to make it not merely safe, but acceptable to consumers. It would be perfectly safe to drink slightly discoloured water, but water companies intervene to prevent such discolouration because of the aesthetic concerns of consumers, rather than on health grounds.
He is also right to point out that "natural" water, even without treatment, is a complicated cocktail of chemicals containing not only fluoride, but arsenic, lead, cadmium, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, nickel, zinc, barium, copper, manganese, trichloroethane, aluminium and tetrachloroethane, amongst many other naturally occurring chemicals.
The good news is that United Utilities have a highly trained and skilled workforce who constantly monitor the concentrations of chemicals in the water supply to ensure that we enjoy water of superb quality.
United Utilities are monitored in this work by the Environmental Agency and the Drinking Water Inspectorate who ensure that chemical concentrations are at safe levels.
A simple fact is that if fluoride were to enter the water supply at the levels proposed by the medical profession, as a result of an accident or as a by-product of industrial activity, rather than as a medical intervention, there is nothing that the Environmental Agency, Drinking Water Inspectorate or any other agency would do about it because it would comply with internationally accepted safety standards.
One final point which never seems to be addressed in this debate is this.
Why, if water fluoridation is harmful, has it been supported by, not only the entire dental and medical profession, but also of such lay bodies as Action for Sick Children, Help the Aged, MENCAP, the National Children's Bureau, the National Autistic Society and the Patients' Association?
Are they all involved in some vast conspiracy against the health and welfare of the British public?
Guy Harkin Wade Bank Bolton
By Readers' Letter
Comment | Read Comments (7)
IN his otherwise very balanced letter on fluoridation, John Taylor made one factual mistake.Fluoride doesn't occur naturally in some sources of drinking water, it occurs naturally in all sources of drinking water.
But he is spot on in observing that our drinking water is not "pure" but contains additives to make it not merely safe, but acceptable to consumers. It would be perfectly safe to drink slightly discoloured water, but water companies intervene to prevent such discolouration because of the aesthetic concerns of consumers, rather than on health grounds.
He is also right to point out that "natural" water, even without treatment, is a complicated cocktail of chemicals containing not only fluoride, but arsenic, lead, cadmium, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, nickel, zinc, barium, copper, manganese, trichloroethane, aluminium and tetrachloroethane, amongst many other naturally occurring chemicals.
The good news is that United Utilities have a highly trained and skilled workforce who constantly monitor the concentrations of chemicals in the water supply to ensure that we enjoy water of superb quality.
United Utilities are monitored in this work by the Environmental Agency and the Drinking Water Inspectorate who ensure that chemical concentrations are at safe levels.
A simple fact is that if fluoride were to enter the water supply at the levels proposed by the medical profession, as a result of an accident or as a by-product of industrial activity, rather than as a medical intervention, there is nothing that the Environmental Agency, Drinking Water Inspectorate or any other agency would do about it because it would comply with internationally accepted safety standards.
One final point which never seems to be addressed in this debate is this.
Why, if water fluoridation is harmful, has it been supported by, not only the entire dental and medical profession, but also of such lay bodies as Action for Sick Children, Help the Aged, MENCAP, the National Children's Bureau, the National Autistic Society and the Patients' Association?
Are they all involved in some vast conspiracy against the health and welfare of the British public?
Guy Harkin Wade Bank Bolton
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