From Joy
There is a truly epic on-line battle going on at the bottom of a Northern Echo letter sparked off by Paul Anthony Taylor (Darlington) who is on this mailing list. If any of you decide to read the comments, I suggest your arm yourselves with a stack of sandwiches and a flask of coffee!
Hardy subscribes to Google Alerts and that is how he has been attracted to the North East fluoridation 'push'. It's great to have him involved and he has accepted my invitation to front the new North East Water Fluoridation Concerns website (www.newfc.org.uk) once it's up and running. I'm hoping to get it uploaded over Christmas. I will then twitter its existence. Can any of you think of any other way to get its existence brought to the attention of North East residents? It is intended as being the main resource for threatened people to refer to when they wish to respond to the Public Consultation.
Regarding the arsenic issue which arises in the comment to Paul's letter, I calculated the % concentration of arsenic in relation to the Maximum Allowable (10ppb) added to drinking water and place this information in the table of chemical parameters published in BSEN12175:2013. The table is attached. The 25% is in addition to any arsenic present in water after treatment. The UK Committee on Toxicity is on record as saying that the ALARP principle ought to be observed - as low as reasonably practicable - because arsenic is a carcinogen. I've said it before but it's worth repeating: any amount of arsenic is too much. In the USA, the MCLG (the goal) is 0.00 ppb but this isn't legally enforceable. However, all water companies should strive to keep arsenic as low as possible and should most certainly not be adding it! Just because arsenic is present at less than the Max. allowable doesn't make it right.
Happy Christmas and a Wonderful New Year to you all.
Joy
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