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 […]
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Cumbria: group challenges fluoridating water after court ruling
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 […]
What’s next for the British Fluoridation Society?
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 […]
Calls for water fluoridation scheme in Blackpool
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, […]
Blackpool health boss makes fresh call for fluoride in water to fight tooth decay
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 […]
Fluoride Free Cumbria to host health discussion in Cockermouth
West Cumbria residents and wider Cumberland locals are invited to a Q&A session on Thursday, March 14 at 7pm, held at the Kirkgate in Cockermouth. The event has been organised in light of the reintroduction of hexafluorosilicic acid into the West Cumbria water supply. Attendees, which could include local prospective parliamentary candidates and Cumberland councillors, […]
UK. What’s REALLY in your tap water? With millions more Britons about to get fluoride funnelled into their drinking supplies
DAILY MAIL. Earlier this month it was announced that fluoride will be added to the water supplies of millions more Britons under Government plans to improve dental health. While the mineral has been added to water supplies in parts of the UK for decades – and NHS and experts including chief medical officer Sir Chris […]
UK. Water Fluoridation: What Doctors Need to Know.
MEDSCAPE. The government’s dental recovery plan, published last week, includes new legal powers for expansion of water fluoridation. NHS England described this as a “first time ever” roll out, and said the proposals “could reduce the number of tooth extractions due to decay in the most deprived areas of the country”. However, the programme is likely to […]
UK: Fluoridation is a matter for debate.
THE TELEGRAPH: Mass medication of the water supply warrants proper discussion Contained in the Government’s plans for dentistry is a proposal to expand fluoridation in the water supply. Ministers took the decision to order mandatory schemes in the Health and Care Act 2022 with little in the way of public – or parliamentary – debate. […]
UK: Does fluoride pose a danger to children’s brains?
THE TELEGRAPH: Government is keen to expand fluoridation schemes, but there are fears that the dental benefits of the mineral have a hidden cost When I first moved to London from the North East of England, my dentist took one look at my teeth and said “you must have lived north of Tyne”. Growing up, […]