WITH the news of United Utilities' water supply pumps breaking down in Horwich (The Bolton News, January 22), it begs the question, what happens if there is a multiple pump failure and excessive amounts of the fluoridation chemical hexafluorosilicic acid enter the water supplies?

There is no doubt in the minds of leading toxicologists, that a certain overdose of this chemical means certain death.

It is almost as if the Primary Care Trust and the pro-fluoridation lobbyists are banking on the public getting tired of the issue of fluoridation. We will never rest until the Strategic Health Authority, Primary Care Trust and the majority of pro-fluoridation dentists accept that the majority of the public in Bolton and Greater Manchester do not want a potentially lethal and toxic chemical adding to their drinking and cooking water.

It really is confusing why, when the Primary Care Trust have access to some toxicology experts, they choose to ignore their words of warning and instead rely upon people from an industry - dentistry -which will benefit from children with dental fluorosis who a large percentage will go on to possibly need expensive veneers on their teeth as a direct result of fluoridation.

As laid down in legislation, the Strategic Health Authority in the Greater Manchester area have an obligation to take notice of householders, and the only way that will happen is if people get together as a group. The laws have been diluted so much that only "groups" who are considered to be "interested parties" are to be acknowledged.

So there is the challenge - to form a group which can show as householders in Bolton we are directly affected by this process and that we are indeed an "interested party".

I would welcome anyone interested in joining me as part of the Bolton Against Fluoridation and would urge you to join us in the campaign. People are welcome to attend a meeting at the Friends Meeting House at Silverwell Street, Bolton, on Tuesday, January 30, from 7pm to 9.30pm. or Wednesday, February 7, from 9.30am to 1.30pm. Refreshments available.

Ian Upton, Bolton Email: notinmyname@ntlworld.com.

Text or phone: 07890 3898081.

Website: www.bafg.org.uk