Tuesday, February 28, 2006
No one takes responsibility
The Hastings Safe Water Association
15/7/05
Dear Editor,
When it comes to the issue of artificial Fluoridation, it appears that all levels of Government, follow the practice of never answering questions from Taxpayers, but play the very cynical game of referring on to others. No one takes responsibility.
When we asked Hastings Council a list of questions which concerned the safety and health aspects of Artificial Fluoridation, we were sent a letter after quite some time, telling us to contact Mr John Irving from NSW Health. It was Council’s responsibility to adequately research and answer our concerns, not John Irving. He does not work for Council does he?
We then wrote to our State MP Mr Rob Oakeshott a list of questions on Artificial Fluoridation in February 2005. He did not answer by letter but told us he would get in touch with… guess who? Yes, Mr John Irving from NSW Health. He said that he would have our answers within two weeks. Well Mr Oakeshott we are still waiting for your letter to arrive answering all our questions, courtesy of Mr John Irving.
Bad enough that Government bodies act like this. We have grown to expect this offhand treatment of real concerns. But it seems now that even Community Groups like the CWA are doing exactly the same. A friend of ours Mr Glen Walker the long time Chairman of the Freedom from Fluoridation Federation of Australia wrote to the CWA of NSW with some questions regarding their stance in supporting Fluoridation.
Their written answer, which I possess reads like a carbon copy of flimflam previously written by, Mr John Irving from NSW Health. And to top it off they finish their reply with, “If you require any further information please contact John Irving, NSW Health,…”
Seems like this John Irving must be a mighty clever bloke. Looks like he’s the only one in NSW who has all the answers to the introduction of the highly toxic and accumulative, industrial grade Hydrofluosilicic Acid, or Sodium Silico Fluoride, which he is promoting for our drinking water. Such is his knowledge on these chemicals that he tells all who will listen that Fluoridation is only natural.” That it is one hundred percent safe, and that Fluorosis is not the first sign of Fluoride toxicity, but is in fact a “sign that the teeth are protected from decay.”
Add to the above shocking and irresponsible claims, this same John Irving claimed in the Tenterfield Star that Fluoride was a “Micro Nutrient”. Scientifically a ridiculous statement. He was finally forced to apologise and covered himself by saying it was a “Typographical error” That’s some error to make and any professional typist would
query how this actually happened. But there it is. This same John Irving recently claimed, “Up to 10 times more children have their teeth removed in Tenterfield than in Armidale, which has a fluoridated water supply.”
Well we’d really like to see the double blind scientific research that proves that. No doubt like all the other real concerns the community will be waiting till hell freezes over before that happens as well.
If in doubt Mayor Drew, Mr Rob Oakeshott, trusted Community Groups, Doctors, dentists, you can easily abrogate all responsibility for answering concerns on artificial Fluoridation and tell us to contact that great scientist, Mr John Irving from NSW Health.
If we follow the example of our “leaders” no one need never take any responsibility at all about anything. We can all be happy, stupid little Vegemites, believing black is white and that putting one of the most toxic, reactive and environmentally disastrous chemicals into our drinking water is acceptable in 2005.
Yours sincerely,
Therese Mackay
President of the Hastings Safe Water Association
# posted by Middle Child @ Tuesday, February 28, 2006 
