THE organisation charged with putting fluoride into the tap water of tens of thousands of Hampshire residents has said the measure is “safe and effective.” Public Health England (PHE) defended fluoridation after an article in a respected medical journal suggested fluoride may lead to brain damage and reduced IQ in children. The authors of the […]
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Fluoride expert is on her way to Brazil in bid to improve child health
A NORTH-EAST expert on the use of fluoride to prevent dental decay is taking her research to Brazil. Dr Vida Zohoori, a reader in oral public health and nutrition, says the gap between the recommended daily intake of fluoride in children to prevent tooth decay and the level which could cause tooth mottling is too […]
Southampton: New Forest East MP Julian Lewis calls for minister to prevent costly court fight over fluoride plan
A HAMPSHIRE MP is urging a Government minister to intervene and decide the fate of the county’s fluoridation scheme. New Forest East MP Julian Lewis has written to the Under Secretary of State for the Department for Health (DfH), Jane Ellison. He wants her to use her powers to decide once and for all whether […]
Blackpool: Decision on fluoridated milk for schoolchildren ‘deferred’
The executive committee was on the whole in support of the scheme, but decided to hold off introducing it as part of the council’s free breakfasts for primary school pupils. Blackpool’s director of public health, Dr Arif Rajpura, said: “We have decided to defer the decision on fluoridated milk. “A study which took place in […]
Southampton: Fluoride dispute could go to court
The long-running battle over plans to add fluoride to domestic water supplies in and around Southampton could be heading for a showdown in court. Hampshire councils and the Government’s health agency are at odds over the controversial scheme. Plans to put fluoride into the tap water of 200,000 residents in parts of Southampton, Eastleigh, Totton, […]
Council chiefs take legal action against plans to put fluoride into tap water in Southampton and Hampshire
THE long-running row over putting fluoride into the drinking water of 200,000 Hampshire residents is heading for a court showdown, the Daily Echo can reveal. Council chiefs are launching a legal challenge to the controversial scheme that could see the plan killed off in the High Court. Plans to put fluoride into the tap water […]
Southampton: Still treading water over fluoridation
NEW Forest East MP, Julian Lewis, has demanded answers on the future of fluoridation in Hampshire. Leaders of Southampton City Council and Hampshire County Council wrote to the Government earlier this year, asking for clarification on whether the scheme still existed. But the organisation which would be charged with adding the chemical to drinking water […]
Southampton: Fluoride answers demanded by New Forest MP Julian Lewis
AN MP has demanded answers on the future of fluoridation in Hampshire. Council chiefs in Hampshire believe controversial plans to introduce fluoridation could be dead in the water. The leaders of both Southampton City Council and Hampshire County Council wrote to the Government earlier this year asking for clarification on whether the scheme still exists. […]
Fluoride in tap water cuts fillings – but does it raise dementia risk? Councils hail health findings as campaigners call for more research into long-term effects
Many of the areas with the lowest rates of fillings have added the powerful enamel-protecting chemical to their tap water Campaigners claim the data should persuade more areas to sign up to mass fluoridisation scheme Critics insist that there is evidence it could be putting youngsters at risk of dementia in later life Adding fluoride […]
Blackpool: Summit pleas over fluoride in milk plans
Blackpool Council’s opposition leader has called for a public meeting to help parents make up their own minds over plans to add fluoride to school milk. Coun Tony Williams says parents need to hear both sides of the argument before a decision is made on the issue. It comes after the council’s Health and Wellbeing […]