The proposed water fluoridation scheme would have served around 160,000 Southampton residents and a further 35,000 people in neighbouring parts of south-west Hampshire. PHE endorses the efficacy and safety of water fluoridation in reducing children’s tooth decay but does not wish to proceed without the backing of Southampton City Council, the local authority where most […]
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Fluoridation – Alternative solution
The recent headlines that 12 per cent of three-year-olds across England have decaying teeth has already brought calls for water fluoridation to be extended further. Yet there is no evidence to demonstrate that adding fluoride to drinking water will prevent young children developing tooth decay. While 10.8 percent of three year old children in Bedford […]
Bedford: Fluoride decision to wait for review
Bedford Mayor Dave Hodgson is working to prevent fluoride being re-introduced to the water supply when an upgrade to a treatment plant is complete. His move comes after campaign group End Fluoride In Beds handed in a petition and addressed a council meeting last week. A Bedford Borough Council spokesperson said while there is an […]
Children should get their teeth brushed at school, says NHS watchdog
Schools should help children to brush their teeth at the start and end of each day, under new official guidance which critics said had turned the state into “supernanny”. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) said it had drawn up the advice for local authorities because many parents “do not even realise” […]
Bedfordshire: Fluoride in water debate
The re-introduction of fluoride to Bedfordshire’s water supply was up for debate by councillors on Wednesday. Members discussed a petition from campaign group End Fluoride in Beds (End FIB), which believes adding fluoride to water endangers public health. In its documents, End FIB claims there is little evidence fluoride prevents tooth decay but it does […]
Bedford: Health Risk of fluoride in water up for debate
The re-introduction of fluoride to Bedford’s water supply was up for debate by borough councillors last night At Wednesday’s full council meeting, members discussed a petition from campaign group End Fluoride in Beds (End FIB), which believes adding fluoride to water endangers public health. In its documents, End FIB claims there is little evidence fluoride […]
Southampton: Council leader says Public Health England waiting for General Election to press ahead with fluoridation
Southampton’s civic leader says the organisation behind plans to put fluoride into Hampshire’s tap water is stalling until after next year’s General Election. City council boss Simon Letts says he believes Public Health England (PHE) will see if a new Health Secretary is in place before deciding whether to continue with the plans. As previously […]
Health bosses ‘stalling for time’ on fluoride plans, claims leader of Southampton City Council, Simon Letts
SOUTHAMPTON’S civic leader says the organisation behind plans to put fluoride into Hampshire’s tap water is stalling until after next year’s General Election. City council boss Simon Letts says he believes Public Health England (PHE) will see if a new Health Secretary is in place before deciding whether to continue with the plans. As previously […]
Forest MP to take fluoride issue to Westminster
THE long-running battle over the future of fluoridation in Hampshire will go before Parliament in a bid to decide the fate of the controversial scheme once and for all. At a public meeting in Southampton on Saturday, New Forest East MP Dr Julian Lewis said he would speak on the issue in the House of […]
MP vows to take fluoride row to Government and get a decision on controversial scheme for Hampshire
THE continuing battle over the future of fluoridation in Hampshire will go before Parliament in a bid to force a decision on the controversial scheme once and for all. At a public meeting in Southampton, county MP Julian Lewis said he would speak on the issue in the House of Commons, and call on Health […]