Daily Echo - So many unanswered fluoride questions ...

So many unanswered fluoride questions ...

FOLLOWING the Southern Central Strategic Health Authority's (SHA) recent admission in the Daily Echo on August 8 that they do not know the areas that will receive fluoridated water or the costs involved, we thought
people would like further examples of their ignorance.
We are particularly concerned about the rise in the fluoride concentration when water is boiled and re-boiled which happens in many cooking processes.
Here are the answers to some of the questions we put to the SHA in a letter:
Q. If I reboil water in a kettle how much will the fluoride concentration increase by?
A. The SHA does not have information on this and is therefore unable to answer this question.
Q. Will boiling vegetables in fluoridated water increase my fluoride intake?
A. It is likely there will be an increase in fluoride.
Q. What is the ppm of fluoride in a standard cup of tea made using fluoridated water?
A. The SHA does not have information on this and is therefore unable to answer this question. Please note however, that tea does contain fluoride but different brands contain varying amounts.
Q. What is the bioaccumulation rate of fluoride ingested by drinking water?
A. The SHA does not have information on this and is therefore unable to answer this question.
This last question is extremely important as fluoride is an enzyme inhibitor and therefore effects many bodily functions especially the thyroid.
We have written to our local councillors, MPs and to the PM and although sympathetic, they say they are powerless to stop the SHA - democracy indeed!
DR & MRS WILLIAMS,

Lordswood, Southampton.
• I HOPE the article (Daily Echo, August 8) on fluoride will be read by the SHA with an open mind. They are so bent on making us guinea pigs I think they could not have studied in detail the affect physically. It's not only drinking it, its bathing and some people have skin complaints. Others have to drink plenty (aren't we all supposed to) for very serious health reasons, won't they be overdosed?
How will overdose affect us? It is not just about teeth and isn't it about time parents took responsibility? Children don't do water! As a last resort cannot they be taught teeth hygiene at nursery school?
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