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The fluoride saga continues, and it seems highly likely to do so, until the powers-that-be get their way and our drinking water is fluoridated.
But really, how will fluoride have any effect on children's teeth when most children drink very little water? Adding it to fizzy pop and other drinks children consume would seem a much better option.
But if the government really wants to improve children's teeth, then it should perhaps spend the money it aims to spend on fluoridation, on improving access to NHS dentists.
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Little wonder so many children in Bolton have dental problems, when almost a third of them are not registered with a NHS dentist. For adults the figure increases to a half. And this after more than a decade of a Lab government. It is a scandal!
Scandalous too is the fact that the "fluoride" that they will add to our water - unless we reject the idea - is actually hexafluororsilicit acid, a waste product from the phosphate fertiliser industry, I am told, with a toxicity on a par with arsenic. This must be an extremely difficult waste product to dispose of, with all the health and safety regulations to comply with. Sticking it in the water supply is one way, I suppose!
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