On Thursday, Britain confirmed that it has completed incineration of around 190 tonnes of Syrian chemical material, intended for use by Bashar al-Assad’s regime to manufacture nerve gas. The destruction was carried out at Ellesmere Port. The UK had agreed to destroy approximately 15% of the total declared Syrian chemical stockpile in commercial facilities. The […]
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Project to tackle Bradford’s tooth decay problem
A PROJECT to tackle tooth decay in the Bradford district with the worst track record in the region for the disease gets under way next week. The Bradford and Airedale district has 46 per cent of five year olds with tooth decay – compared to an average of 33 per cent across the Yorkshire region. […]
Fluoridation of public water: The elephant in the room?
A report suggests fluoride should be added to more drinking water supplies in England. Unfortunately not everyone agrees. There’s an elephant in the room. Not, literally, of course. That would be odd and animal rights campaigners would no doubt be after me. The theoretical elephant I talk about is fluoride. That’s utilities adding fluoride to […]
300% rise in kids needing op to have rotten teeth out
The West Midlands has seen a 300 per cent rise in children being admitted to hospital for multiple teeth extractions in what a senior dentist described as a “massive parenting failure”. Some youngsters are undergoing hospital operations to remove all 20 baby teeth, according to Dr Nigel Carter, the chief executive of the British Dental […]
Syria chemical stockpile arrive in the UK
A shipment of chemicals from Syria’s stockpile arrived in the United Kingdom on Tuesday to be destroyed at a specialist waste facility. A Ministry of Defence statement said that the chemicals were delivered on a Danish ship to Marchwood Port in the south of England. Under the terms of an agreement brokered by the United […]
New Public Heath England dental health guidance recommends a healthy lifestyle to help protect oral health
Public Health England has released the latest Delivering Better Oral Health guidance today [see guidance for children]. The guidance is aimed at dental health professionals and provides them with evidence based interventions and advice that can improve and maintain the oral health of their patients The guidance highlights the positive impact a healthy lifestyle has […]
Figures on Bradford children’s rotten teeth prompt call for fluoride in tap water
Three toddlers in Bradford have rotten teeth pulled out in hospital every week, shock figures reveal. The youngsters undergo operations under general anaesthetic for “dental caries” – infections caused by eating sugary food and failing to brush their teeth properly. Official statistics show 462 children in the city under the age of five were admitted […]
Bolton: Fluoride in water debate has been going 50 years
The much-debated fluoridation issue has been reported in The Bolton News and the Bolton Evening News for many years [click on arrows] THE subject of water fluoridation has been debated passionately by campaigners in Bolton for the past 50 years. The Bolton News reported in November, 1968, how more than 100,000 votes were cast in […]
Fluoride will not be added to Bolton’s water supply
HEALTH bosses have ruled out adding fluoride to Bolton’s water supply — despite advice from Public Health England that it could improve people’s dental health. The pledge comes as latest figures reveal 43.4 per cent of under-fives — more than 2,800 youngsters — in Bolton already have tooth decay. Public Health England has urged councils […]
Cameco ends hexafluoride deal year ahead of schedule
Cameco Corp. is ending its toll conversion agreement at the end of August 2014 with Springfields Fuels in the United Kingdom. The original 10-year deal was to expire in 2016. The company has agreed to pay $18 million to allow it to terminate the agreement ahead of schedule. Cameco has been shipping uranium trioxide from […]