Submitted by: NCW Science & Technology Committee

The National Council of Women, in conference assembled, aware of the current widespread custom of adding chemicals to food and drink, sometimes claiming health advantages for sections of the public, urges Her Majesty’s Government to prohibit the addition of a chemical to the water supply for the purpose of medication and to food and drink if there is any convincingevidence from reputable scientific research results, or reports from doctors or members of the public, of serious adverse reactions.