Letters to the Editor
Fluoride misinformation
I’m wanting to complain to you about giving airtime about the stupidity of anti-fluoridation. Fluoridation of water has been proved to be excellent for public health for over 70 years and giving airtime to people who refuse to adhere to scientific evidence is just poor journalism.
I object to the ‘both sides’ when the other side is so blatantly misinformed. Are you going to give equal airtime to a flat earther? Why not? Don’t be part of the problem by writing misinformation as fact/opinion. New Zealand is not the United States, and the current administration is intent on racing to the bottom. Please do not follow them for your own integrity.
Peter Finch
Nelson
- Editor’s note: There is a sufficient level of public opposition to some councils, including Waipā, being ordered to add fluoride to water supplies that it would show a lack of integrity if this newspaper ignored it. Fluoride remains a controversial subject. The shape of our planet is not.
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