I write regarding the letter "Scaremongering about fluoride has to cease" (April 20). The concern over fluoridation is not scaremongering.

It is incorrect to compare water chlorination to water fluoridation.

Chlorine is added to make the water safe. If fluoride is added, it is for a supposed medicinal reason.

Many of us would choose not to have this "treatment". Fluoride, if added, would also wash out into the countryside through the drainage system.

There are already too many chemicals put on the land. The increase in demand for organically-grown produce is an indication the public have had enough of pesticides and additives.

-Mike Airey, Poynings