On Fluoridation
SIR,—Mr. Wyllie has discovered that opinion is not proof, but goes on to quote Dr. Synge's very tentative doubt as though it were a hammer-blow. Actually from the two sentences given us it would appear that Dr. Synge thinks fluoride a good thing if not overdone.
I wonder what Mr. Wyllie considers 'an indepen- dent medical body.' Presumably he rules out the BMA, the General Dental Council, the British Dental Association, the Society of Medical Officers of Health, the Royal Society of Health and the numerous similar bodies in other countries which have declared themselves in favour of fluoridation. He presumably also rules out the long procession of medical and dental experts who have been pub- lishing papers on their scientific investigations on this subject since the early 'thirties.
But if he finds doctors and dentists insufficiently independent perhaps he might study the views of the Dublin High Court, the Ottawa Committee of En- quiry, the New Zealand Royal Commission and British Ministry of Health, views which are shared by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, the Scottish Office, and by
A. G. F. FARQUHAR
Pradanack Morva, Mullion, Helston. Cornwall
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