It is not acceptable to fluoridate our water

I AGREE with Bernard J Seward's letter "Shame over push for fluoridation" (Bristol Post May 21) Scores of studies show that fluoride is harmful to health. The latest appeared in February this year when a leading paediatrician Philip J Landrigan and Professor Philippe Grandjean, a professor of environmental health at Harvard School of Public Health, reported on the dangers of fluoridation. This was published in The Lancet medical journal. After looking at 27 studies they've classified fluoride as a "developmental neurotoxin", which can harm children's brains and intelligence. The fluoride which occurs in very low amounts in some British water is calcium fluoride, whereas in fluoridation schemes they add a highly toxic waste called fluorosicilic acid.

The vital question is whether it is acceptable or permissible to compulsorily medicate whole populations without their consent in this country?" The answer to this is, of course, "No, it is not."

A Wills