Three ways to die

[MargaretR]

Revealed: How health chiefs plan to put fluoride in half our water supply to halt tooth decay | Mail Online

They want you to stop drinking bottled water because the bottles need recycling, yet they are contemplating poisoning tap water.

The article does say that it wont be done in areas where residents dont want it.
I don't want this to be decided by a majority vote which will be swayed by people who haven't even been told of the risks - do you?

[BERNADETTE]

Will carry on buying bottled water, no faith in what they say so will make sure I'm not drinking!!

[jambutty]

I’ve been arguing against the adding of fluoride to the water supply ever since the notion was first put forward and I am not alone.

I am against it for two reasons.

It cannot possibly be cost effective. You don’t need an ology to work out that only a small proportion of the water that you use in your home is actually drunk. I doubt if one person drinks the same amount that is used for one flush of the toilet. Then there is the bath/shower water, hands/face washing, the washing machine, washing up, mopping, car cleaning and garden watering. If I were to hazard an educated guess I would suggest that barely 5% of the water supplied to the average home is actually drunk at home and only half of that by children who MIGHT benefit. This means that some 95% of the cost of fluoridating the water supply is wasted. And guess who would pay for it? Some people and children have been known to react to excessive fluoride.

Then there is industry that uses the same water and I would dare to suggest that 99% of it is not drunk.

The other equally important, if not more important, reason is that on no account whatsoever should our drinking water be used to distribute involuntary medication to the masses. If nothing else it will establish a precedent so that in years to come when we, near or at the bottom of the pile get fed up of the way the country is being run and make vociferous demands for a better deal, our rumblings could be quelled with the introduction of a tranquilliser in the water.

If the Health Chiefs, BDA and government are so concerned about the health of kids’ teeth then the simplest and most cost effective solution is to supply fluoride toothpaste and a suitable brush to children under 16 years of age free of charge. To prevent exploitation these items would have to be specially manufactured under a specific and unique brand name. It was done with cigarettes and tobacco for the Royal Navy so there is no reason why it could not be done for fluoride toothpaste and brush. Thereafter they could get replacements by producing the empty toothpaste tube or worn out brush.

The issue should certainly not be put to local vote, primarily because far too many people cannot see any further than their own selfish nose.

Finally, weren’t there moves to fluoridate bottled water? What happened to that crackpot idea?

[Loz]

I'm the same as you Margeret.
I have nasty reactions to Antibiotics so will delay going to the docs as much as possible,i'm allergic to codeine and most painkillers so i tend to self medicate as much as possible,herbal remedies etc...
Because of the problems ive had with medication in the past,despite my doctors reassurances i'm very wary of going which isn't a good thing but it is easy to be put off.

[Padiham Lass]

Originally Posted by MargaretR

If I had not taken responsibily for my own health my remaining years of life would have been not worth living.

So that is why I take the trouble to put on here news about anything which I think may be causing all of us health damage.

I don't mind at all being labelled a hypochondriacal harbinger of doom
.... perhaps you will appreciate now why I do it

Keep up the good work Margaret.

I enjoy reading your threads, and save many of the websites to Favorites as a reminder of what I should be doing/avoiding.

I recently worked for in a payroll dept (in the UK) and lost what little confidence I had left in the present day National Health Service, when employees with genuine illnesses were misdiagnosed for months, then had to wait even longer for treatment.