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Fluoride risk
In reply to Garth George's rant about fluoride and those who oppose its introduction to our water supply (Times, March 17 ):
People are entitled to their opinions without being denigrated by those who are not up with modern research. Attack ideas, not those who hold them.
Supposed benefits of fluoridation have been convincingly disproved recently. The United States Centre for Disease Control has reported that dental fluorosis (discoloured teeth), the visible sign of fluoride overdose, now afflicts up to 48 per cent of school children and fluoride's purported benefits are topical but its risks are systemic, including bone diseases and cancer.
In a landmark case in 2005, the European Court of Justice ruled "fluoridated water must be treated as a medicine, and cannot be used to prepare foods".
While fluoride does occur naturally in most water systems, the silicofluorides used by fluoridating communities are waste products of phosphate fertiliser production and carry trace amounts of lead, arsenic, mercury and other toxins, according to NSF International, the governing body over water additives.
Many years ago, Tauranga residents voted fluoride out of the water supply for good reason. Congratulations to Tauranga City Council for its forward thinking in producing high-quality, non-fluoridated water. Long may this continue.
Alan Willoughby, Welcome Bay
In reply to Garth George's rant about fluoride and those who oppose its introduction to our water supply (Times, March 17 ):
People are entitled to their opinions without being denigrated by those who are not up with modern research. Attack ideas, not those who hold them.
Supposed benefits of fluoridation have been convincingly disproved recently. The United States Centre for Disease Control has reported that dental fluorosis (discoloured teeth), the visible sign of fluoride overdose, now afflicts up to 48 per cent of school children and fluoride's purported benefits are topical but its risks are systemic, including bone diseases and cancer.
In a landmark case in 2005, the European Court of Justice ruled "fluoridated water must be treated as a medicine, and cannot be used to prepare foods".
While fluoride does occur naturally in most water systems, the silicofluorides used by fluoridating communities are waste products of phosphate fertiliser production and carry trace amounts of lead, arsenic, mercury and other toxins, according to NSF International, the governing body over water additives.
Many years ago, Tauranga residents voted fluoride out of the water supply for good reason. Congratulations to Tauranga City Council for its forward thinking in producing high-quality, non-fluoridated water. Long may this continue.
Alan Willoughby, Welcome Bay
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