A TORY MP has launched an outspoken attack on her own Government over its apparent climbdown on fluoridation in Hampshire. Caroline Nokes, new MP for Romsey and Southampton North, pictured right, has written a strongly worded letter to Health Secretary Andrew Lansley, in which she says she feels “very let down” by his failure to […]
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Southampton: Nick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister, told to scrap fluoride laws
HAMPSHIRE campaigners are calling on the Deputy Prime Minister to scrap the law governing the way fluoride can be added to water supplies. Nick Clegg has asked people to tell him what legislation they want to see removed as part of a bid by the new coalition Government to amend unpopular laws. And Hampshire Against […]
Southampton: Anger as government ‘goes back’ on fluoride pledge
THE Government has been accused of abandoning the campaign to stop the fluoridation of Hampshire water supplies. High profile Tories had pledged before the election to step in to ensure the controversial scheme is not imposed in the face of public opposition. But they have now admitted they have no plans to change the law […]
Southampton: Judicial review on fluoride due this autumn
The judicial review of fluoridation of water supplies in Southampton is expected to be heard in the autumn. That’s according to health minister, Simon Burns, who was replying to a question in the House of Commons this week. Conservative MP Dr Julian Lewis asked ‘whether it remains his [the health minister’s] policy that fluoridation of […]
Southampton: County council leader urges new UK health secretary to stop fluoridation
HAMPSHIRE’S top politician is urging the new health secretary to step in to stop fluoride being added to the water supply of almost 200,000 homes. It is the latest salvo in the battle by campaigners to stop a scheme,which health bosses say will improve children’s teeth in Southampton. County Council leader, Cllr Ken Thornber wants […]
Welsh scientists probe impact on livestock of Iceland’s volcanic ash
SCIENTISTS are gathering grass and air samples on Snowdon to see how April’s volcano eruption in Iceland has left its mark on the Welsh environment. The Countryside Council for Wales is involved in a UK-wide Defra project to assess the eruption’s long-term impact on livestock. High mortality rates among Iceland’s livestock are thought to have […]
Wales: Snowdon centre to study effects of ash cloud
SCIENTISTS are to research the effects of the Icelandic ash cloud on Wales’ environment. The ash cloud caused air travel chaos for millions of passengers when the Eyjafjallajökull volcano erupted in April. Although it is no longer emitting ash, researchers from the Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) are to investigate how the volcano has affected […]
Southampton: Health body might be axed before fluoride is added to water
CONTROVERSIAL plans to add fluoride to Hampshire water have been delayed yet again – by so long that the health body that approved the scheme might not exist by the time it happens. A date has finally been set for the first part of a High Court legal bid to stop fluoridation in and around […]
Fluoridation Scaremonger by vice chairman of the British Fluoridation Society
DESPITE the scaremongering from your In My View correspondent Joy Warren, the best available scientific evidence worldwide tells us that water fluoridation reduces tooth decay effectively and safely. The York report found that, on average, children in fluoridated areas have 2.25 fewer teeth decayed, missing and filled than those in non-fluoridated areas. This represents about […]
Southampton: Health Chief demands a rethink on fluoride
A HAMPSHIRE health watchdog is demanding a rethink of the controversial decision to add fluoride to tap water in Southampton and other parts of the county. Now the boss of a top county health committee has written to those behind the scheme calling for it to be scrapped. Councillor Anna McNair Scott, chairman of the […]