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ONLY one of the 12 NHS bosses who gave the green light for fluoride to be added to tap water in Totton lives in the area that will be affected, it has emerged. The news has angered campaigners against the scheme to add the controversial chemical to the water supply of about 190,000 people around […]

CAMPAIGNERS have launched a fighting fund to help take their bid to stop fluoride being added to Hampshire’s tap water to the courts. Hampshire Against Fluoridation (HAF) is taking legal advice on challenging the decision to add fluoride to the water supplies of nearly 200,000 residents in Southampton, Eastleigh, Totton, Netley and Rownhams. With no […]

THE fight against controversial plans to add fluoride to Southampton’s tap water is being taken to the top by one community leader. Health chiefs have already voted in favour of fluoridation and are working with Southern Water to implement the scheme, but the campaign against the “mass medication plans” is still going strong. Despite a […]

THE controversial decision to fluoridate Southampton’s water has finally received glowing praise – from a national association of dentists and doctors. South Central Strategic Health Authority’s (SHA) move to give the scheme the green light has been met with angry criticism from campaigners and many residents, who say local people’s wishes were ignored. Scores say […]

A HAMPSHIRE MP is calling for the Environment Agency to study the potential effect of fluoridating Southampton’s tap water. Chris Huhne, part of whose Eastleigh constituency will also have fluoride added to its water supplies, hopes the authority will look at the risks involved in the scheme to rivers and water courses. The controversial plan […]

THE Green Party has called South Central Strategic Health Authority’s decision to fluoridate south Hampshire’s tap water “dangerous, undemocratic and potentially illegal.” Stuart Jeffery, the party’s health spokesperson, described fluoridation as a “sticking plaster with side effects solution.” “This appalling decision also seems to have been taken without any regard for the voice of local […]

Despite widespread opposition, health chiefs have voted to add fluoride to the Southampton area’s water supply in a bid to tackle tooth decay. The decision will affect around 200,000 people, including around 1,500 residents in the Nursling and Rownhams area. The Board of South Central Strategic Health Authority (SCSHA) voted unanimously in favour of the […]

SCORES of Hampshire residents say they will not pay their water bills if fluoride is added to their supplies. Campaigners fighting the controversial plans, which were approved by health chiefs last week, say they have been inundated with calls from people saying they want to take action to stop fluoride being added to the water. […]

Health chiefs across the East Midland have launched a new study to see if adding fluoride to the water supply will help boost dental health across the region. As part of a national drive to boost dental hygiene, a new feasibility study has been commissioned to ascertain the benefits and disadvantages of water fluoridation. Among […]

FLUORIDATING Southampton’s water could be opening the floodgates for similar schemes across Hampshire. Health chiefs elsewhere in the county have already admitted they are looking at asking for the controversial chemical to be added to supplies in their area. With anger still raging over South Central Strategic Health Authority’s decision to back fluoridation for 200,000 […]