JUST to mention a few places where the fluoridated water would be wasted, ie: not being required for its purpose - baths, showers, washing up, toilet flushing, washing machines, cleaning cars, watering gardens to name just a few.
The biggest call for fluoride is for children. My eight-year-old grandson has lovely teeth because his mum has got him into a habit of cleaning them twice a day.
At school he has access to drinking water to fill his drinks container, as all the children at his school have. Surely this water could be fluoridated, which would get to the children that most need it. Fluoridation of all water would then not be required and save the expense. Anyone other than school children requiring fluoride can get it in toothpaste and mouthwash.
Bob Bostock Horwich
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