By Hesh Goldstein Honolulu, Hawaii
How sad it is when the people are left out of the process of medicating their water supply. (”Fluoride becomes standard,” page 1, Aug. 23) In light of the fact that last year the National Research Council found that fluoride creates health problems, and at Harvard University it was proven that fluoride causes bone cancer in adolescent boys, this step to force fluoride on the people without their right to choose is abominable.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 27, 2007. Read the original PDF.