Fluoridation has failed the U.S. where 2/3 drink fluoridated water and tooth decay is rampant
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What about my rights! I don’t want your poison in my water!!! My family know how to clean there teeth twice a day!! They all have perfect teeth because of this. SO Get the thick buggers who don’t bother to teach there kids properly how to clean there teeth sorted out!! Without putting this **** in our water. This is not right water should be pure!!!!

We won't be debating the rights and wrongs of fluoridation, but what would the costs be and what changes would be needed to water treatment plants.

The main thing to remember is that the a basically already bankrupt NHS Trust has to pay for it. And the cost will be about £2M to upgrade one water treatment facility, then there are on-going cost for maintenance and fluoridation chemicals which could be up to another £1M per year.

Where are they going to get the money from? If the fluoridation disciples get their way, it means that the

Health Bosses

are going to be forced to cut some essential services and availability of life-saving drugs.

Why don't the

Health Bosses

tell the dental directors to get off their bums and start educating people about dental health.

At any rate, what does a NHS dental director actually do to earn his keep? About the only time they ever appear in public is to pitch fluoridation.

Possibly, responsible "Health Bosses" should tell the dental directors should get on the television and start pitching dental hygine and cutting out the sweeties. They could get air-time for free; all it means is that the dental directors and their staff would have to do a little work for their saleries.

Chlorine is added to the water to stop disease. Dental decay is a disease, so why not add fluoride to the water to cut dental decay in half? We know it is safe because it occurs naturally in water in other areas. Or do you all like having your teeth drilled and extracted?

David Crausby should be ashamed of himself for standing in the way of this public health measure for his constituents. The NHS has a £3 billion (plus) bill each year for dentistry. That's THREE BILLION POUNDS, not a few million.

Dentists and Primary Care Trusts have public health and safety at the top of their priorities. Some of the comments so far are just idiotic.

Fluoride is a very dangerous, carcinogenic, corrosive and expensive poison. The idea of fluoridation came from bad science 70 years ago but the newest research indicates that aside from the above it does not even protect teeth. We need good diet, good dental hygiene and more dentists, not toxic waste in our water. Join Friends of the Earth, The National Pure Water Association, The Soil Association and local groups across the UK fighting to stop this menace. Say No To Fluoride. For More info call Brian Jackson at Friends of the Earth on 01282-860985

Fluoride is a very dangerous, carcinogenic, corrosive and expensive poison. The idea of fluoridation came from bad science 70 years ago but the newest research indicates that aside from the above it does not even protect teeth. We need good diet, good dental hygiene and more dentists, not toxic waste in our water. Join Friends of the Earth, The National Pure Water Association, The Soil Association and local groups across the UK fighting to stop this menace. Say No To Fluoride. For More info call Brian Jackson at Friends of the Earth on 01282-860985

Derek Watson, (London on 10:44am Wed 14 Feb 07) says “why not add fluoride to the water to cut dental decay in half? We know it is safe because it occurs naturally in water in other areas”.
It will be added by a man made process so it will not be as safe as a natural process! It is OTT and a hazard to add so much fluoride into water for all water related uses. There is an alternative – dental hygiene and if required toothpaste with fluoride.
The main objection is that Jan Hutchinson, director of public health for Bolton's Primary Care Trust, said: "This is all part of the process. We won't be debating the rights and wrongs of fluoridation, but what would the costs be and what changes would be needed to water treatment plants”. What the majority of people object to is that the rights and wrongs will not be debated! This is a health issue – mass medication without any consultation as to the rights or wrongs, whether that is legal, healthy and safe. They (Bolton's Primary Care Trust) will not debate these rights and wrongs because they know they are wrong and will lose the debate. Already the public are not convinced; a reader poll by the Bolton News shows that 93.5% say No to the question: Should we add fluoride to Bolton's water?

Chlorine is added to water to counteract the impurities and nasties that the water encounters on its journey – it evaporates easily when discharged from the tap. Fluoride on the other hand accumulates in the body.

Derek Watson says that “the NHS has a £3 billion (plus) bill each year for dentistry”: This money will be spent whether the water is fluoridated or not. Why not spend the time educating the public at little cost to the public. It is stated in the Bolton News that:
‘Five-year-olds in the former Central ward, which includes areas such as Hall i' th' Wood, have 4.2 teeth damaged by decay; whereas in Bromley Cross, the average five-year-old has 1.08 missing teeth, fillings or tooth decay’;
This shows that the life style of parents and their children has far more influence than any medication.
Mr Watson says “Some of the comments so far are just idiotic.”
If they are so idiotic then they can be exposed as such in a proper and comprehensive debate.

If a food manufacturer added this substance to its product, I suspect it would be breaking the law.
Fluoridation will indirectly benefit the purveyors of bottled water and their shareholders, vastly increasing profits.
Could this be the real motive behind fluoridation?