NZ - Call to leave it to the experts - don't think so.

While he acknowledged there was an anti-fluoride lobby in the district, Dr Williams suggested that for people to be well informed about the issue, they should listen to the facts as they were presented by experts in the health field.Claims that fluoride was a toxin were sometimes made by people outside the medical profession, people who were not in possession of the clinical and statistical data that medical and dental professionals had access to. Health professionals had a wealth of data provided by research over several decades, as well as comparative data gained in areas such as Ashburton where fluoride had been withdrawn from the community water supply, he said