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MEMBERS of Test Valley Borough Council have overwhelmingly voted against fluoridation of the public water system. During a debate at full council last week members argued for and against the controversial issue following a campaign by Cllr Alan Dowden opposing fluoridation in any part of Test Valley. The issue arose because Southampton Primary Care Trust […]

SOUTHAMPTON’S councillors will today debate whether to back plans to save thousands of children’s teeth from decay by fluoridating water at an estimated cost of 32p per tooth. Health chiefs want to improve dental health in the city by controversially adding fluoride to the tap water delivered to two thirds of residents After nine hours […]

HAMPSHIRE County council bosses are the latest to come out against plans to put fluoride into tap water. They will this week oppose fluoridation for the city, hot on the heels of Test Valley councillors who have also rejected the proposal. Southampton City Primary Care Trust wants to add more fluoride to water supplies in […]

Sue Gregory has been appointed as the new Deputy Chief Dental Officer at the Department of Health. Sue will replace current Deputy Chief Dental Officer, Tony Jenner, who is leaving the Department of Health after six years. The appointment will take effect in January 2009. Sue is currently the Consultant in Dental Public Health for […]

NEW Forest councillors have hit out against adding fluoride to drinking water supplied to thousands of homes in Totton. The district council’s employment, health and wellbeing review panel discussed the plans after Coun. Pat Wyeth put a motion in July that NFDC should resist the scheme proposed by Southampton Primary Care Trust. Although the plan […]

IN a recent Daily Echo article Julian Lewis, Conservative MP for New Forest East expressed concerns about whether the current public consultation on adding fluoride to the water supply is a “crooked ballot”. Let me clarify the MP’s misunderstanding on this issue. Mr Lewis suggests that highly qualified scientists disagree about the long-term effects of […]

CONTROVERSIAL plans to fluoridate tap water in the Southampton area have come under fire from councillors in the New Forest. More than 8,000 people living in Totton will be among those affected if health chiefs forge ahead with proposals to add extra fluoride to the water supply. Southampton City Primary Care Trust says the move […]

ONLY 2,500 people have had their say on controversial plans to fluoridate Southampton’s tap water. Health chiefs have revealed the disappointing figures halfway through the 14-week public consultation on the scheme, and insist they are pleased with the response. Nearly 200,000 residents in and around the city would receive water with topped-up levels of the […]

FIRST it was the bid to legalise brothels – now it’s the battle to stop fluoride being added to our water. Members of the Hampshire Women’s Institute are the latest to add their weight to a growing campaign fighting plans to fluoridate the county’s water. A resolution, put forward by the organisation’s Ashurst branch, says […]

Excerpt: November 4 session Fluoridation of tap water The health secretary hailed fluoridation of tap water as a “major, major force” in tackling health inequalities. – END – • See also: Yesterday in parliament (March 26, 2008)