From today's Telegraph we learn that:
Anti-fluoride campaigners take to High Court
Campaigners have mounted a High Court bid to prevent fluoride being added to their water without their consent because they are concerned over its health consequences
They say they will have "no choice" but to drink fluoridated water if South Central Strategic Health Authority (SCSHA) is allowed to add it.The potential side-effects, they argue, range from bone cancer to thyroid problems and dental fluorosis, brown spots on the teeth.
SCSHA wants to add the chemical to supplies in Southampton and parts of south west Hampshire, arguing it is the best way to cut tooth decay, particularly in poorer children.
The story was also covered on BBC Radio 4's Today Show, known for its forthright, combative style, right? Not in this case. Rather than follow the usual procedure of inviting two guests on to represent both sides of a controversy, they just got one guest from the pro-sodium fluoride in the water side and asked him a few softball questions.
Yet again, I feel proud that I don't have a television and pay their stinking licence.
2 comments:
This fluoride thingy has been going on for decades now.
Indeed. The battle against evil never ends.
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