In this letter, Mr. Bourget makes but one valid claim.  Citizens should indeed do their “own diligence and research it for yourself.”  However, perusing filtered and edited nonsense posted on “fluoridealert” the biased little website of the New York antifluoridationist faction, “FAN” does not constitute “due diligence”.  It constitutes laziness.

Intelligent readers who desire accurate information will be far better served by obtaining it from respected, reliable sources.  The websites of the CDC, the EPA, the American Dental Association, the World Health Organization, and the American Academy of Pediatrics, each has a wealth of accurate, authoritative information on fluoridation readily available to anyone.

In regard to his claims:

1.  There is no medication involved in water fluoridation.  There are simply fluoride ions, identical to those which have always existed in water.

to be continued.....

Steven D. Slott, DDS