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When a public body says it is to carry out a consultation exercise, what does that suggest to you? Naively, I once believed that it involved asking people what they thought about a particular policy, setting out all the facts in an objective fashion, and if those likely to be affected did not like what […]

Southampton is to become the first place in Britain to add fluoride to its water supply in more than two decades. After health chiefs this week backed the controversial plans, JON REEVE asks what happens next, and how much fluoridation will actually cost us. The dust has barely settled on one of the most divisive […]

A health trust has become the first to force through a move to add fluoride to tap water to fight tooth decay in children. The decision was made using new laws to introduce fluoridation, although three in four members of the public and a county council opposed it. Adding fluoride to water has been described […]

Health authorities are to prepare for the extension of mass fluoridation of drinking water to millions of people in a drive to improve dental health, following approval for the first new scheme in England for more than 25 years. Opponents, who consider the scheme mass medication, yesterday failed to stop plans for the small scheme […]

IT took just two hours to reverse the trend of the past two decades. Heath bosses yesterday unanimously backed a scheme to add fluoride to the water supplies of nearly 200,000 people across south Hampshire. At an emotionally-charged meeting at St Mary’s Stadium, unelected members of South Central Strategic Health Authority’s board voted to support […]

What is FLUORIDATION? Fluoride occurs naturally in all drinking water. It helps protect teeth against decay by toughening the surface of the tooth, and is added to some toothpastes. Fluoridation is the process of raising the concentration of fluoride within the water supply to the optimum level deemed appropriate for improving dental health (approximately one […]

Southampton is to forge ahead with plans to add fluoride to its tap water, despite protests. The final decision was made at a meeting of the South Central Strategic Health Authority (SHA) following three months of public consultation in Southampton and parts of south-west Hampshire. It makes Southampton the first place in England to introduce […]

NOTE: UK time: Article online at 4:12 pm. SHA meeting began at 2pm. See video of protestors. HEALTH chiefs have today backed controversial plans to fluoridate Southampton’s tap water. Members of South Central Strategic Health Authority’s board have voted to give the scheme the green light, affecting almost 200,000 Hampshire residents, after months of debate. […]

February 26, 2009. Letter to: South Central Strategic Health Authority (SHA) Rivergate House, Newbury Business Park London Road Newbury, Berkshire RG14 2PZ UK Via email To: Dr Geoffrey Harris, Chairman, and Board Members, Response to Bazian critique of NRC 2006 Fluoride Toxicology Review Bazian Ltd. was contracted by SHA to critique the US National Research […]

Fluoride is to be added to the water supply of Southampton – the first city in 40 years to adopt the policy. The decision has caused huge controversy in the south coast town. This is a key victory for those who believe in adding fluoride to the water and other cities are expected to follow […]