Daily Echo - No going back if fluoride is put in water

No going back if fluoride is put in water
Jennifer Godschall
HAMPSHIRE'S heroic battle against fluoridation is a warning to all political parties.
Its message is simple - when politicians discard democracy for dictatorship, the people wili discard the politicians.
The Green Party is calling on voters to ditch pro-fluoride MPs and councillors. We need good dentists, not bad legislation. We cannot deselect the unelected SHA, but we can deselect their political masters - and we should do so.
This Government thought a sham consultation would fool the electorate. When this failed, they resorted to blatant bullying, forcing people into accepting an arguably fascist policy.
The
fluoridation laws are an abuse of democracy, human rights and medical ethics.
The cynical strategy to deny the
electorate their constitutional rights on this issue must be overturned before it's too late.
In America doctors have already mooted the idea of adding statins to drinking water. In Japan some think that lithium through the taps might help prevent depression and suicides.
When we cross that line and start using the water supply as a conduit for medication, there's no going back.
The terror laws have been shockingly abused - the principle of fluoridation is open to similar abuse. If dental issues can be treated via our drinking water, why not obesity? Why not add vitamins, or statins, or any other drugs in "safe" low doses?
How far are the pro-fluoride brigade prepared to go? Are we all to suffer because politicians cannot resist lobbyists, whose pockets are as deep as their morals are shallow?
Remember - the political mindset that allowed this legislation in the first place, is unlikely to be moved by ethical arguments in the future.