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Health officials to look again at fluoride plans for Portsmouth
Controversial plans to add fluoride to drinking water in Portsmouth are to be revisited by senior health officials. An announcement by health secretary Alan Johnson calls on health managers across the country to introduce fluoridation of water supplies, and he has been backed by city public health tsar Dr Paul Edmondson-Jones. Mr Johnson claims it […]
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Fluoride ‘poison’ says Wear MP
The debate over adding fluoride to Sunderland’s drinking water has been reignited after Health Secretary Alan Johnson said it could help fight tooth decay among children. Mr Johnson wants a national discussion on whether to put fluoride into water supplies, saying it could give a “dental health boost that could last a lifetime”. Fluoride is […]
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Government pledges £42 million for fluoride in water
The Government will put £42 million behind plans to add fluoride to water, Health Secretary Alan Johnson has announced. The cash works out at an extra £14m a year over three years to support authorities wanting to add fluoride to tap water. Mr Johnson is urging strategic health authorities to consult with local people but […]
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Norman Lamb, MP: Fluoridation debate must not detract from importance of access to an NHS dentist
Responding to Government plans announced today for new funding and guidance to facilitate adding fluoride to England’s water supplies, Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Secretary, Norman Lamb said: “There is a case for fluoride to be added to water, but it is not up to the Government to impose this on the entire country from Whitehall. […]
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Should fluoride be forced upon us?
Health Secretary Alan Johnson is calling for fluoride to be added to England’s water supplies in the hope of reducing tooth decay among some of society’s poorest and most vulnerable. For a public which has grown accustomed to health interventions – from seat belts to smoking bans – it may seem curious that such a […]
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‘Fluoride needed in water to stop the rot’
A DENTIST today warned: “If we do nothing, half the babies born in Lancashire will have tooth decay by the time they start primary school.” Poulton dentist Graham Wilding was speaking after it was revealed Health Secretary Alan Johnson is set to announce his proposal to add flouride to tap water. It follows research showing […]
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The ‘F’ word
There is an amusing quote in director Stanley Kubrick’s film Dr Strangelove. In the 1964 movie starring Peter Sellers, General Jack D Ripper says: “Fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face.” The quote is interesting for two reasons: firstly, it proves in an amusing way that […]
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EPA Announces Substantial Decrease of PFOA
(Washington, D.C. – Feb. 4, 2008) Eight major companies have reported significant drops in the release of PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid) and related chemicals, putting industry on target to meet a 95 percent reduction goal in PFOA emissions and product content by 2010. Further reductions are anticipated by 2015. PFOA, also known as C8, is a […]
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Dentists say many kids aren’t getting enough fluoride
GRANGER — When Pam Stesiak and her husband, Jeff, moved to Granger more than 10 years ago, she remembered hearing something about a fluoride issue with the water system. Shortly after her children were born, Stesiak said, their family dentist prescribed fluoride supplements for the kids to make up for the loss. Riley, now 10, […]
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Livermore won’t add fluoride to water despite state law
• LIVERMORE: Voters said no to the additive twice in the 1950s and officials don’t believe a change is necessary Despite a state law passed more than a decade ago requiring communities to fluoridate their tap water, Livermore remains the largest city in the East Bay that doesn’t use the additive. It has nothing to […]
United States, California