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letter sent to:-WEST MIDLANDS STRATEGIC HEALTH 7th June 2008:
Dear Sir,
For the attention of Steve Hilton.
Fluoride in my tap water supply:
I understand that you can answer questions on fluoride addition to the tap water supply in Bromsgrove area and that it is your sole decision on applying this chemical and that no public consultation ever took place before you added it....but in 2003, action(an act) was taken to ensure that fluoride could be added anywhere in the UK without public consultation from that date onwards, would it be therefore correct to say that the addition of fluoride was in fact illegal in 1985.
It is also understood that many other Health authorities are refusing to add fluoride, could you ascertain for me from these other Health authorities why you feel it is necessary to add fluoride and others do not!
Could you advise also why Solihull with the same amount of fluoride in the tap water sees less rotten teeth in children than Birmingham with the same level of fluoride in their tap water please and that Bromsgrove also sees less rotten teeth than Birmingham.
Can you advise why the Water companies require indemnity against adding fluoride to the water supply, why would they want this, is it because it is in fact a poison.
Please can you state why you do not teach children to brush their teeth and receive a balanced diet to give the fluoride required for healthy teeth, it is understood that Bradford have now started a drive in Mosques to teach them the benefits of healthy brushing and diet.
Can you advise why you continue to add the fluoride when the York report in 1999 said that poor studies were furnished for analyses.
Can you state that there are no lasting side effects to consuming fluoride, as I have read that colon cancer, bone brittleness, children's behaviour patterns being affected, headaches, indigestion problems.
I have enquired if a test can be made on my own body for the fluoride effect and content but have been refused by my doctor because he says that the NHS will not do this test for me.
Lastly please advise that as there is now 1ppm of fluoride in the tap water, how much food and water can I consume per day before I am in the danger zone, understanding that 1.5ppm gives fluorosis.
I would appreciate your reply as soon as possible.
This request was made sometime ago to your department but no answer came forth.
Thanking you in anticipation and not wanting an answer that goes like Alan Johnson told you it must go in, as it is primarily your decision to add fluoride and no one else's.
Yours faithfully,
Stan Francis
for Bromsgrove Clean Water Group