Clitheroe 22824 (Editorial), 22828 (Advertising). Burnley 22881 (Classified)
Clitlicroc Advertiser & Times, December r,Ih, 1901 11
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ON behalf of the local anti-fluoridation group I would like to stress that our main argu ment against fluoridation is the FREEDOM TO CHOOSE.
right to choose for ourselves on intimate matters such as politics, religion, medical treatment and what we should eat and drink. When we are dictated to on these matters without
In a democratic society we should all have the
the possibility of an alternative, democracy has ceased and we live in a totalitarian state. It must be noted that fluoridation is the addition
of ARTIFICIAL chemical fluorides to the water supply. .
industry and must not be confused with natural calcium fluoride found in some water supplies. Water is essential to everyone. We drink it in
These fluorides are dangerous waste products from
one form or another, cook and prepare food with it. If fluoride is added to the drinking water it is impos sible to avoid or control the amount we or our chil dren consume.
The amount consumed at any one time may be
small, but fluoride builds up in the body. Worldwide research shows that fluoride can cause side effects, including allergies, mouth ulcers, dental fluorosis (mot tled teeth) and arthritic complaints. The long-term effects are unknown, but evidence is emerging which suggests that fluoride causes cancer. There is no conclusive proof that fluoridation reduces
l^ffers ^ to the Editor;
with comparing areas is that there are too many vari ables to take into account, such as diet, poverty and
education. It must be stressed that a deficiency of fluoride
does not cause tooth decay, but it is sweets and sugary drinks that cause the decay. By reducing the consumption of these products and with good dental health care, tooth decay can be reduced and prevented. The public should be warned about the dangers
from fluoride. If they then believe that the possible benefits outweight the risks of side effects, they then have the right to choose and can use fluoride in tooth paste, tablets and mouthwashes.
paper. on November 1-lth, I have scientific evidence to support all claims that I make about fluoridation. Your readers should be aware that on numerous occa sions we have asked the District Health Authority if we can go to one of their meetings accompanied by scientific and medical anti-fluoridation experts to give them scientific evidence and present the case against fluoridation. To date it appears that an anti-fluori- dation speaker has never met our District Health
Further to Mr Doyle’s letter printed in this news
Authority. Throughout the world there are many doctors and
tooth decay. The only evidence that is produced to support claims about its alleged benefits are statistics based on comparing geographical areas. The problem
Record of which we
are proud HOW sad to read the letter from Zoe Wil son about the adult education service. I am afraid she is
misinformed on many issues. Let me set the
s tudent s on adul t b a si c educa t io n courses have risen, not fallen, since 1988. 2. The co-ordinator
record straight: 1. The numbers of
dentists who are opposed to fluoridation and^ they^ are producing scientific evidence to support their claims. Recently, in this country, a national register has been formed of all doctors, dentists and pharmacists who are
opposed to fluoridation. If any suitably qualified per sons are willing to have their names added to the register, please will they let me know. One group has also repeatedly asked the District
Health Authority over the last two years for scientific evidence to support their claims about the safety and benefits of fluoridation. We have never received any evidence, only their assertions as to its alleged bene fits. With this fact in mind it was interesting to receive a letter from Mr Doyle suggesting that I write to the British Dental Association to get the required information.
I wrote to them on October 24th and, to date,
I have not received an acknowledgment or a reply. It will be interesting to see if they produce any evidence to support Mr Doyle’s claims. A question that should be asked is why has the health authority or Mr Doyle not produced any scientific evidence to support their
claims? Mr Doyle also made reference to an independent
survey of public opinion regarding fluoridation, but the Regional Health Authority paid for the survey to be conducted and, consequently, it cannot be claimed to be genuinely independent. It might interest the public to know that the question reportedly, asked in the survey was “if it (fluoridation) reduced tooth decay, would you be in favour of fluoridation?” Clearly this is a leading question and is typical of
questions asked in other surveys which the Health Authority has conducted. There is no conclusive proof that fluoridation reduces tooth decay, so we would argue that surveys based on such biased questions have produced erroneous results. Furthermore, the Regional Health Authority has
Will council open on Sundays?
COULD the Kibble Valley Council give
an indication of how long it will be before
the offices will be open late night and Sundays for those
who cannot get to the appropriate departments on weekdays?
very funny or silly, but it serves to illustrate the
Some people may think the first paragraph is
inexcusable hypocrisy being shown by Mi’s and councillors over the Sunday trading issue and the utterly selfish attitude by many of the public. As a retailer it is
almost impossible to get
of the Kibble Valley provision retains a base at Whalley. :i. The dispersal of
former residents of the two long-stay hospi tals has been m a t c h e d b y a n increase in suitable c l a s s e s i r. t h e community. •1. For the first
time, adult basic edu cation students can receive accreditation fo r what t he y achieve. ?>. All this has been
achieved, and more will follow, at a time o f h u d g e t a r y pressures which are far greater than any
experienced before the me r ge r wi th Accrington and Ros- sendale College. This is a record of
which to be proud and one which deserves support , not mis guided criticism.
C. M. AUSTIN, Principal, Accrington and Ros- sendale College, Sandy Lane,
Accrington.
LUDICROUSLY EXPENSIVE SNOWBALL
TO suggest that the Ribble Valley Borough Council must be supported by its poll tax payers to ensure its survival is a sure sign of advanced
vices local — is he not oil’s divisional offices off and the county highways at Whalley:
panic by its chief executive. He talks of keeping ser- aware of the county coun- Pimlico Road, Clitheroe,
And what arrogance to
High pavements beat the disabled
IT seems that Mr Buddy and Mr Swain have learned the hard way about the many difficult/impossible places in our villages — Whalley, Clitheroe, Sabden — for them to negotiate, being wheelchair-bound. My bleat is, who on earth had the silly idea for
Whailey to have very high new pavements, plus the jnv of having to go down a slope to get on to the origi nal tarmac walkways. It should have all been done with tarmac and original-type low kerbs. They have even done away with the low kerb entry
to our post office forecourt. “Oh,” will be the cry, "that is dangerous." It never was previously and it is a necessary area to get to, for such as I, arthritic, can drive from door to door, but not being a nimble mountain goat I am beaten by the new stonework and
kerbs etc.
1L ENTW1STLE, Whalley.
Skipton place to avoid
' 1 COULDN’T help feeling somewhat cynical at the advertising feature on Skipton in last week’s “Advertiser and Times.”
.Skipton centre? Was it taken many aeons ago? Or in the early hours of a
How on earth did you come by the photograph of
•Sunday morning? 1 won- ;der honestly when did ■anyone last see Skipton
centre devoid of the mad circling buzz of “nose to
■tail” traffic around the ^roundabout at the spot shown in your picture? Far from the heading
-“Skipton’s got a great deal to attract festive shop-
!pers,” I’d say Skipton very sadlv has become a place
• to stay away from — unless one has arrived there by public transport and doesn’t mind jostling one’s way through the busy throngs of visitors and'shoppers. For the motorist, Skip-
ton has become a night mare to move in and out of and to find parking close enough to the shops so that the elderly don’t have
,a long laborious hike from 1 car park to shops.
days Skipton doesn’t have a market are Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, so the photograph was obviously taken on one of those non-market days. The market itself is the main attraction, so it is of reduced use to visit the town on a non-market day. When 1 was a child it
Incidentally, the only
was an event of some excitement to have a trip to Skipton. The journey itself seemed quite a long one and it was such a delight to wind through the lovely leafy lanes and s c e n i c b e a u t y o f Yorkshire. Skipton itself certainly
was a very attractive and desirable place to go. This lovely old market town always seemed different to any other town, with dif ferent and very attractive shops of class and, of course, the castle. But sadly our modern
“progressive” world has destroyed much. The leafy
lanes are now massacred, widened, straightened, bridges and corners cut off and buried and the lovely old hedgerows in many places “gone for a burton,” while the lovely old mar ket town has become a vic tim of its own success. For sure it now only
takes half-an-hour to get there — but where have the scenic beauty and the character of that piece of Northern England gone'? Sacrificed for speed and commercial convenience! I couldn’t help laughing
say we are mixed up with the identity of housing and social services authorities! 1 hear that recently he addressed the town hall union Nalgo on similar lines as your front page story.
Ho also sought their support for taking over
county council responsibi lities, but quite remark
ably he glossed over the massive extension of com pulsory competitive tend ering throughout local government (also con tained within the Parlia mentary Bill), simply say ing that this was still some years away.
Being economical with
the truth did not win any converts. Poll tax payers should
be horrified at the threat of at least some part of all our services forced out to tender . The scenario would, if left unchecked, bring about the dream of one Nicholas Ridley when Secretary of State for the Environment — one meet ing each year of the coun cil and its chief executive to award contracts. But what of the council
lors who endorse all this? Already they have set aside a f ight ing fund (£5,000, I believe) to force the issue in attaining “uni tary authority” status, even though Michael Heseltine clearly indicated that he would deal with those county councils who f inanc ed th ei r own
with sarcasm at the bold road sign on the new long straight stretch which says “watch your speed!" Why, 1 wonder, have the narrow, windy, leafy lanes been sacrificed, if not to speed up the flow of traffic? It’s a strange world we live in, is it not?
DORIS BROWN, 2-1 Moor Field, Whalley.
defence. And now I hear of the
proposed appointment of a professional media/public
relations officer to specifi cally target us in this
whole exercise. The first act was fool hardy, the second is surely
illegal. Put quite simply, just
how does one stop this ludicrously expensive snowball called RVBC?
MOLECULE.
any sense or service out of a supplier after noon on Friday. So not only are we expected to serve the public on Sunday, we have to accommodate suppliers for an extended weekend off. Let us get a few facts
Tourism policy was at risk
READERS may be con fused by the comments made by County Coun. Ron Pickup regarding the new Information Centre.
The new Market Place
Centre provides informa tion about county council
services and welfare rights in addition to the tourism services that have been previously provided by Ribble Valley Borough Council from the council offices. Both councils were keen to provide the ser vices from one jointly run centre in order to keep costs down and avoid confusion.
who provide tourist infor mat ion services work extremely hard and I know their dedication, friendliness and helpful attitude have won them many friends and much praise.
The Ribble Valley staff ST AMAZING OFFER... Tourism creates income
opportunities for many local people. The borough council has the responsibil ity of managing tourism development in the Ribble
Valley to maximise the benefits visitors can bring,
but at the same time to
minimise the impact of tourism on our way of life and environment.
We take this work very
seriously and in the best interests of the community we have insisted upon the right to manage our own tourism policies. County Coun. Pickup may wef consider such matters as “a storm in a teacup,” but there was a period (luring negotiations when this was very much at risk. We have to protect the wel fare of our hardworking staff and,the interests of local people.
I am pleased that com
mon sense overcame politi cal considerations. We have now agreed impor tant principles of operation and we look forward to working in co-operation with the county council to provide first class facilities m the town.
KEITHJAYLOIt, Tourism officer, Kibble-Valley Council, Clitheroe.
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straight. 1. The consumer will
not have increased spending power. 2. Retailers’ overheads
will increase, leading to increased prices. 3. Sunday opening will
eventually lead to a demand for Sunday back-up facilities, i.c. traffic wardens, street cleaners, delivery drivers — the list is endless. There are many more
reasoned and logical arguments against Sunday trading being completely dc-rcgulatcd; all have been explained and listed elsewhere. I would say, however,
that those who shout freedom of choice should remember that it is all very well as long as it docs not curtail the choice of others. The other final
comment would be that any MI’ who says the problem is too hard to legislate for should not be in Parliament: VAT and poll tax were far harder legislation, but they managed that. You break the appropriate laws and see what happens with them.
A DISILLUSIONED DEMOCRATIC RETAILER.
spent thousands of pounds of National Health Service money (which could otherwise have been spent on health care), promoting these misleading surveys and publishing equally misleading results. Only the results of genuine independent polls and
Dec. 6th - 13th - 20th at
surveys can be trusted. Over the last few years there have been many of these polls and surveys conducted and they all show that the majority of people do not want fluoridation. The survey conducted by this newspaper at the
beginning of November supports this claim, as 68% of the people interviewed voted against fluoridation. There have also been two recent ’phone polls which were conducted by Greater Manchester Radio and Granada Television. On the “Norman Thomas and friends" programme of September 19th, 75% of listen ers voted against fluoridation and on the “Granada Action” programme of October 16th, 86.2% of viewers voted against fluoridation. I would also like to reply to the comments made by
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J . K. Purnell and Irene Gott in their letter dated October 31st. They made reference to the longest civil court case in British history, but they omitted to mention that Lord Jauncy declared fluoridation ille gal and it was banned in Scotland. Jauncy also stated that he was satisfied that fluoride, in whatever form it is ultimately purchased, falls within the definitions of a “medicinal product” which is defined in the Medicines Act 1968, Section 130. The above dental surgeons also mentioned that in
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have sound scientific evidence that there is no can cer risk from fluoridation. I would be interested to see this evidence and would be grateful if they would send it to me. Finally, we have just discovered that the Health Authority is distributing printed letters (presumably
using National Health Service money), addressed to North West Water for people to sign if they are in favour of fluoridation. Due to this fact, it is neces sary that everybody who is opposed to fluoridation, and wants the freedom to choose, should now write to North West Water pic, Dawson House, Great Sankey, Warrington, stating their opposition. This is very important because the decision now
rests with the’Water Authority and if it is not aware of the views of the public we could be forced to drink fluoridated water for the rest of our lives, which could seriously affect our health. For further information contact the undersigned.
MRS LINDA FORREST, Chairperson, Fight Against Fluoridation, Blackburn, Ilyndburn and Kibble Valley, •11 Colenso Road, Blackburn, BB1 SDR.
We ll d o n e o n f i lm ch o ic e
MAY 1 congratulate Miss Cullen for projecting a showing of “The Cruel Sea” at the Civic Hall last
Thursday. This was to celebrate John Stratton, who was bred
and born here. But it also celebrated an excellent story, well acted. It was a good British film. It’ also underlined how horrible war is, in spite of
sea, the enemy" and the just like us!”
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