To ask the Scottish Executive whether any evidence is available to link fluoridation of the water supply to cancer, brittle bone disease and Alzheimer’s disease.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it can give assurances that fluoridation of the water supply will not have an adverse effect on people’s health.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any evidence is available showing the effects of fluoridation of the water supply on the immune system.

As described in the consultation document Towards Better Oral Health in Children , issued on 24 September 2002, an expert scientific review, published in 2000, concluded that, aside from a possible increase in the prevalence of dental fluorosis of aesthetic concern, there is no evidence of other adverse effects on health, where fluoride is used at recommended doses.