18 May 2010

Daily Echo letter

Teeth are improving without use of fluoride
PROF Walmsley's recent letter is misleading. He says that fluoridation is supported by Southampton University academics.
My husband, a biologist, disagrees strongly - as do many others.
Here lies the problem -Many top academics and dentists disagree on this issue and so little good research has been done- particularly on the amount of fluoride we ingest from the environment.
Our basic food stuffs contain much higher levels of fluoride than they did 20 years ago - absorbed by pollution and the increased use of fertilizers. If there is any doubt - do not tamper with our water.
The American Dental Association warns parents not to give infants fluoridated water - so who is going to pay for the bottled water necessary in hospitals and the home or is this "professional" opinion going to be ignored?
The appalling dental diseases suffered by children shown on the recent Panorama programme were all due to excessive sugar intake - in one instance almost constant lollipop sucking.
Does Prof Walmsley seriously suggest that fluoride in the water would have prevented this - the programme certainly did not call for fluoridation but for parental education as the solution.
How many ordinary people manage to fight the might and wealth of big corporations especially as scientific research which could back up claims is so lacking?
The state of children's teeth is steadily improving without fluoride - let's not waste money and risk our health for this out-dated, controversial pollution of our water.
MRS M WILLIAMS, Lordswood, Southampton.

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