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The start of consultation over plans to add fluoride to Hull’s drinking water has been put on hold. City councillors will wait for the outcome of a detailed report into engineering issues which would be faced by Yorkshire Water before deciding whether to embark on any consultation with neighbouring East Riding Council and the public. […]

Anti-fluoride campaigners will be have the opportunity to grill senior councillors at a meeting next week. Members of Fluoride Free Cumbria will attend Cumbria County Council’s cabinet meeting, following its petition for a full council debate into the removal of artificial fluoride from Cumbrian water. The petition has been referred to the council by Eric […]

Health bosses will decide next week if they will make a formal request to Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to add fluoride to the city’s water supply. Around 250,000 people in the city and between 49,000 and 87,000 people in the East Riding including Hornsea, Withernsea, Anlaby, Willerby and Dunswell could be affected. Members of Hull’s […]

A plan to extend the fluoridation of tap water for the first time in 30 years to combat tooth decay has provoked a backlash from those who deem it “mass medication”. A battle is raging in Hull, where the scheme is being considered, as scientists and campaigners clash on the future of dental and public […]

Plans to add fluoride to East Yorkshire’s water supply have taken a major step forward after they were given the backing of Labour politicians at Hull City Council, the Mail can reveal. Labour councillors voted by “a substantial majority”, according to sources, to press ahead with controversial plans which could see Hull and parts of […]

The conundrum of the woman whose nausea and sickness resolved on a visit to France, and ceased altogether on switching to drinking only bottled water, appears to have been resolved. Prompted by the suggestion from retired engineer Derek Jones, mentioned in this column, that she request Thames Water to investigate the matter, she reports it […]

People in Hull have some of the unhealthiest teeth in England. NHS dentists performed 76,015 fillings and sealant restorations in Hull last year, new figures from the health service show. These procedures were for adults who had allowed their teeth to decay to the point that dentists needed to intervene, either by filling in holes […]

Campaigners against water fluoridation expressed cautious optimism Wednesday night (September 7) after Mayor Dave Hodgson announced that Bedford Borough will not be fluoridated again. In response to questions from the group, Fluoride Free Bedford, at the council meeting, he said: “Fluoride will not go back into the water, we have decided that. We have to […]

A controversial proposal to put fluoride in the district’s drinking water to cut tooth decay is set to be shelved. A council watchdog has decided there is not enough evidence to prove water fluoridation would work and not be harmful to public health. Wakefield Council was considering the move after research showed 40 per cent […]

Anti-fluoridation campaigners are cautiously celebrating a milestone victory in their battle to keep the chemical out of Bedford’s water supply. Members of Fluoride Free Bedford were at a borough council meeting to hear the adult services and health scrutiny committee recommend the scheme should be “terminated” to the executive. If agreed, the next step is […]