UK - Lymington Times

Fluoridation
SIR, — I welcome the interest shown by Peter Sopowski (letters October 24th) in suggesting a way forward to settle the fluoride controversy.
I want the strategic health authority to withdraw plans to mass medicate the population by adding the fluoride to our tap water. I also agree and have made the point several times that taxpayers' money could much better be spent working with children and parents, making sure that they attend to dental health.
The children's centres are doing a great job in this respect but would dearly love extra resources to do an even better job. It would be so much better to provide front-line services to prevent tooth decay than to squander our money on trying to impose something that the public don't want and most of us don't even
need.
I'm sorry to remind Mr Sopowski, that the answer lies in the hands of our Labour government. They have given the powers to the strategic health authority to impose their wishes on us all. Perhaps he too could press upon the likes of John Denham MP to step in. If he, as a cabinet member can't do it — who
can?
Coun. David Harrison
Leader,
New Forest .District Liberal
Democrats,
Rushington Avenue,
Totton.