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In a proposal put forward by Rutland County Councillors is calling for fluoride to be added back into the drinking water to combat the county’s growing dental issues and mass lack of access to NHS dentists. The proposal, which was put forward by Cllr Abigail West and Cllr Mark Chatfield on 21st November, was voted on […]

A motion to look at putting fluoride into drinking water to combat the county’s growing dental issues will be discussed this week. Liberal Democrat backbench councillors Abigail West and Mark Chatfield are proposing that the wider council backs them in a call for the local authority to approach the health secretary about the move. Both […]

Councillors are torn over plans to add fluoride to Cornwall’s water supply in a bid to tackle “worsening oral decay levels”. The council’s health and adult social care overview and scrutiny committee met on Wednesday to discuss starting the process of adding the chemical compound to the water system. It comes after a report to […]

A number of Cornwall councillors have spoken of their struggle with the philosophical and ethical issue of the government adding fluoride to the Duchy’s drinking water. The issue split a health committee which met on Wednesday to discuss starting the process of adding the chemical compound to the water system. In England and Wales, less than […]

Questions have been raised over the addition of fluoride to school milk in Blackpoolafter claims on social media the practice is unsafe. Since 2016 all Blackpool primary school children in years one to six have been able to have fluoridated milk, as part of the school breakfast scheme. In order to dispel myths around the […]

MANCHESTER, United Kingdom — For decades, it’s been a silent protector in our sinks and showers, an invisible shield against the scourge of tooth decay. Like a superhero past their prime, however, fluoride in our water may be losing its punch. A surprising new study suggests that this once-celebrated public health measure might not be […]

A CAMPAIGN group has challenged fluoridating Cumbria’s water after a US court ruling found that it posed ‘an unreasonable risk of reduced IQ in children’ above 0.7 milligrams per litre (mg/L). Fluoride Free Cumbria asked if the county’s MPs and Cumberland Council would ‘work to protect our children’s health’ after the ruling. The Government argues […]

Ray Lowry, the secretary and treasurer of the British Fluoridation Society (BFS), explains how the society has evolved and adapted. Charles Darwin said in his Origin of Species book that survival depends not on being the strongest or biggest or loudest but on being the most adaptable to change. The British Fluoridation Society (BFS) has […]

Experts are calling for the fluoridation of Blackpool’s drinking water to help combat high levels of child tooth decay in the town. Figures show almost one third of five-year-olds in Blackpool suffer from tooth decay, with less than a third visiting an NHS dentist in 2021. This is compared to more than 40% across England, […]

Fresh calls have been made for fluoride to be put in Blackpool’s drinking water to help combat tooth decay in children in the town. Figures show almost a third of five-year-olds in Blackpool suffer from tooth decay. But less than a third of Blackpool’s children were seen by an NHS dentist in 2021 compared to […]