UK - Daily Echo - Fluoride: 'No' really does mean 'no'

Fluoride: 'No' really does mean 'no'
CONGRATULATIONS to Sue Dumacesq. for her 'In my View' on (August 19).
I would like first to say that I have a letter from the Department of Health which states 'that the implementation of fluoridation in this area can only go ahead with the approval of the local population'. Since when has opposition of 70 per cent been seen as approval?
No matter how the SHA juggles the figures it is still a resounding NO to fluoride in our water supply. The SHA seems to have a hidden agenda and a dogged determination to go ahead and it must be stopped.
If people think their children's teeth are being protected with this noxious substance, they will not mend their ways. The sugary substances and poor oral hygiene will continue, creating the obese adults of the future. Parents must be made responsible for their own children's welfare and not involve the £14m it will cost the taxpayer to put fluoride in the water supply.
The Department of Health admits it may damage some people's health and also cause fluorosis in teeth, which they describe as cosmetic. Not to those affected I expect.
MRS E M CLEMENTS, Southampton.