THE varied letters covering the use of fluoride in our drinking water, are all in the same vein. "We do not want this poison in our water". Just one voice was somewhat pro-fluoride.

This New Labour Government and some of its MPs are determined to get the Fluoride Bill through Parliament before the year 2000. Why? Those who are keeping quiet, either know something that we, the public, do not know, or the fluoride brigade know something that they do not know! There are indeed many reasons for wanting this addition of fluoride. Some for control of population reasons; some for the fact that big companies will make a fortune by selling off by-products of certain products, thus avoiding the need of high cost disposal. Others will make money on its addition, by selling off cheap products at high cost. Certainly teeth and good health have no need of this undesirable material.

Good health will be impaired by fluoride which has many truly undesirable properties.

J Allen

Kearsley, Bolton

(address supplied)

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