TONY KELLY (HAS, July 20) rather misses the point in his letter about fluoride.
Mr Kelly describes fluoride as "an essential component of our diet, but it is a perfectly harmless and quite helpful one".
M Watson's original letter (HAS, July 8) criticised the decision to add fluoride to water supplies giving people no choice on whether or not to use it "perfectly harmless", or not.
I can eat peanuts with no effect, but others could die with the slightest taste.
The same applies to fluoride, but the difference is I have the choice of eating peanuts or not.
Put fluoride in the water and I have no choice.
I have read of people who have to travel miles to drink fluoride-free water or else they will suffer severe reactions.
Tom Cooper, Durham.
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