Editor:
I am only a visitor to Aspen, but I drink a lot of water and hope that you will continue to publish letters every day about fluoride. They are as entertaining as your News of the Weird column. I am somewhat disappointed that your writers have neglected to point out the toxicity of chlorine that I assume is also present in the Aspen water supply.
In the July 10 letter, the chiropractor states that people should decide what to put into their bodies. This is superficially reasonable, but many of us must rely on recognized experts and government agencies to do what we cannot. Personally, I rely on the government to test our medications, monitor our food supply, report on vehicle safety, manage commercial airways and so forth. The earlier letter from a medical doctor made sense. It did not rely on anecdotal evidence; it presented fact. I would not have chosen his comparisons to racists and anti-Semites, but would have referenced the failed ideas of complementary and alternative medicine, chiropractic and homeopathy.
As an aside, the letter from the bio-energetic chiropractor also piqued my interest and I visited his Web site. He may not be aware of the James Randi Educational Foundation, but I suggest that he look at the site: www.randi.org. A number of the chiropractor’s site’s claims of efficacy would entitle him to the $1 million prize if he can prove that they actually work.
Sanford Sorkin
Upper Montclair, N.J.
