Tamworth: Online group set up in water fluoride fight

CLAIMS that too much fluoride in the water supply could leave Tamworth people with weak bones have been ignored by councillors. At a meeting of the health and wellbeing scrutiny committee this week, members were called upon to review the issue but returned a majority vote against it. The plea came from Councillor Chris Cooke, […]

West Cumbria: Public misled over fluoride in West Cumbrian water

PEOPLE in West Cumbria have been misled for four years about whether chemicals have been added to drinking water. Critics are demanding answers about why the public was not told that work to add fluoride to the supply at the Cornhow water treatment works, near Loweswater, was stopped more than four years ago. Workington MP […]

The dental health of three-year-old children in Greater Glasgow, Scotland

Abstract: Objective To report on the dental health of three-year-old children in Greater Glasgow, and to examine the amount of dental caries associated with deprivation in this young age group. Design Dental inspections in nursery schools. Subjects and methods The national inspection programme using BASCD criteria was extended to include an additional group of nursery […]

Poverty link to Scots child tooth decay

A third of three-year-olds living in poverty in Scotland suffer from poor dental health, a new study has suggested. Researchers at Glasgow University said that while one in every four children tested showed signs of tooth decay, the figure rose to 33% among the poorest. They have called for deprived children to be given dental […]

Southampton: Fighting talk on fluoride

A LEADING international critic of water fluoridation is to give a special presentation in Hampshire next month. Professor Paul Connett’s visit comes as campaigners claim there is gathering momentum in their fight against controversial plans to add fluoride to water supplies in and around Southampton. As revealed by the Daily Echo this week, the Government […]

Southampton: Fluoride plans could be scrapped

PLANS to fluoridate Hampshire’s water could be axed as health chiefs lose powers to approve the controversial scheme. The Government has revealed councils are to be given responsibility for fluoridation as part of a shake-up of the NHS that will see strategic health authorities (SHAs) axed. Every local authority in the area affected – covering […]