From Ann Wills

Daily Mail 10.2.20  “HACKER’S BID TO POISON TOWN’S WATER SUPPLY”

A computer hacker tried to poison a US town’s water supply.  He gained remote access to the computer system controlling a treatment plant for Oldsmar, Florida, & raised the amount of sodium hydroxide from 100 to 11,100 ppm - before an eagle-eyed employee stopped it.  The caustic chemical - used in small amounts to control water acidity - was raised to “dangerous levels” but was reversed quickly.  Police said the 13,591 population was never in peril.  Experts say remote access to industrial control systems for tap water has become more common.

(My comment:  this could presumably happen with fluoride, so how secure are such systems!)

Daily Mail 6.2.21  “MINISTERS BID TO TAKE CONTROL OF HEALTH SERVICE”

Govt. ministers are seeking powers to take control of swathes of the NHS.  They want to be able to put fluoride in water…  (letters@dailymail.co.uk)

“The Times”  6.2.21  “MINISTERS TO SEIZE CONTROL OF THE NHS IN THE BIGGEST HEALTH REFORM FOR A DECADE”

At present only councils can add fluoride to water.  Ministers want fluoridation extended nationwide, to cut tooth decay.     (letters@thetimes.co.uk)

We wrote to our MP, Boris Johnson, stating many points against fluoridation but received a pro-fluoride letter back on 10.2.21.  He said 2 PHE reports in 2014 & 2018 & a Green Paper in July 2019,  said fluoridation is safe & effective.  The letter ignored the points we’d made.   Officials seem set on fluoridation.   Could you think about writing a letter to the press & your MP etc?    This is our letter:-

We're concerned about plans to fluoridate tap water as it removes freedom of choice.  The chemical used is fluorosilicic acid - toxic waste from phosphate fertiliser factory chimney scrubbers.   It's more poisonous than lead & only slightly less so than arsenic.  The fluoride used is registered as a Class 2 poison by 1972 Poisons Act.   It’s NOT pharmaceutical grade, unlike that in toothpaste.   Fluoridation is wasteful & expensive as only around 1% of tap water is drunk.  Most is used by industry & for washing, toilet flushing, laundry, watering gardens etc.   So, 99% of taxpayers’ money spent on fluoridation is money down the drain! 

Fluoride causes dental fluorosis - permanent white or brown mottling of children's teeth & has led to some needing veneers.  The WHO said no new fluoridation schemes should be begun until total fluoride intake has been measured.  We receive fluoride from industrial pollution, pesticides, tranquillisers & other medical drugs. Many people's body levels of fluoride are above WHO safety limits.    In Lanarkshire, tooth decay has been greatly reduced by the “ChildSmile” scheme where young children clean their teeth properly each day in school.  Medication should be given individually according to weight, gender & general health - not given en-masse with no control over dosage received.  It’s unethical to fluoridate everyone regardless of need, health or choice & is against medical ethics.  

Ann