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Health chiefs are set to develop a ‘myth-buster’ ahead of consultation on plans to extend the fluoridation of Northumberland’s water supply to tackle tooth decay. See map below: A map showing the areas of Northumberland covered by the existing fluoridation scheme (in blue) and one showing the areas proposed to be covered by the extension […]

NHS England is signalling strongly for community water fluoridation. It believes this is the optimum intervention to improve the oral health of children. And also to tackle health inequalities among disadvantaged communities. The new impetus is also receiving full support from the Community Water Fluoridation (CWF) network. It is pressing for targeted water fluoridation in […]

Last year, Sunderland City Council’s Health and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee launched an investigation into oral health. From August, councillors have been gathering evidence from a range of health experts, stakeholders and interested parties. This included feedback on potentially introducing fluoride into the city’s water supply, which would be subject to public consultation and a lengthy […]

Support for community water fluoridation continues to gain momentum with the unveiling of a new web page supporting schemes in the North East of England (https://onepartpermillion.co.uk/north-east). The web page is part of the One Part Per Million campaign initiated and funded by the local dental committee movement and is in readiness for public consultations in […]

A debate on children’s dental health ended with a request to council officers to explore the possibility of whether water supplies could be fluoridated. Acknowledging it is a controversial subject, members of Calderdale Council’s children and young people’s scrutiny board thought it was nevertheless an option worth exploring. Coun Stephen Baines, who represents Northowram and […]

TONY KELLY from Crook is happy to vote for the Green Party (HAS, Dec 6). But their politics in County Durham is in a pickle, or more correctly a soup (of a chemical nature). In his critique of Joy Warren (Co-ordinator, UK Freedom From Fluoride Alliance) printed here on May 4, 2019, he calls her […]

THE ongoing discussions regarding the proposal to fluoridate Darlington’s water supply run contrary to the latest scientific findings. A recent Canadian study published in JAMA Pediatrics, a publication of the Journal of the American Medical Association, one of the world’s foremost medical resources, found that exposure to higher levels of fluoride during pregnancy is associated […]

Controversial plans to add fluoride to the water supply in a bid to improve dental and oral health should be put to a ‘free vote’, city bosses have said. Leaders at Sunderland City Council are considering the proposals, which experts say could reduce the number of people suffering cavities. But there are also concerns about […]