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ANTI-FLUORIDATION campaigners have hit out at government plans to flood the county’s water supplies with added fluoride. Cumbrians against Fluoridation has campaigned for the last eight years against what it claims is the use of an untested, unresearched chemical in the area’s drinking water. West Cumbria is one of around 30 areas to have fluoride […]

Alan Johnson, the Health Secretary, has been accused of overstating the benefits of adding fluoride to water in the fight against dental disease. Tooth decay in children across Europe has fallen irrespective of whether there is fluoride in the water, authors of a report have said. Mr Johnson has called for it to be added […]

DOCTORS’ leaders in Wales yesterday stepped up a campaign for fluoride to be added to water supplies to combat tooth decay. It followed a call by Westminster health secretary Alan Johnson for fluoride to be added to more water supplies in England. Welsh secretary of the British Medical Association Dr Richard Lewis said the doctors’ […]

WHEN it comes to a sparkling smile, the statistics show Southampton has nothing to be happy about. Dental decay is rife and health bosses claim oral health campaigns have failed to improve the picture. Consequently, we could all be drinking fluoridated water by the end of the year. The controversial idea of adding more fluoride […]

Plans to add fluoride to water in order to improve dental health are dangerous and immoral, the Green party has warned. The group claims there are negative health effects from water fluoridation as well as medical ethical issues. Its comments come in response to the announcement from health secretary Alan Johnson that strategic health authorities […]

A DENTIST today warned: “If we do nothing, half the babies born in Lancashire will have tooth decay by the time they start primary school.” Poulton dentist Graham Wilding was speaking after it was revealed Health Secretary Alan Johnson is set to announce his proposal to add flouride to tap water. It follows research showing […]

Health Secretary Alan Johnson is calling for fluoride to be added to England’s water supplies in the hope of reducing tooth decay among some of society’s poorest and most vulnerable. For a public which has grown accustomed to health interventions – from seat belts to smoking bans – it may seem curious that such a […]

Responding to Government plans announced today for new funding and guidance to facilitate adding fluoride to England’s water supplies, Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Secretary, Norman Lamb said: “There is a case for fluoride to be added to water, but it is not up to the Government to impose this on the entire country from Whitehall. […]

The Government will put £42 million behind plans to add fluoride to water, Health Secretary Alan Johnson has announced. The cash works out at an extra £14m a year over three years to support authorities wanting to add fluoride to tap water. Mr Johnson is urging strategic health authorities to consult with local people but […]

The debate over adding fluoride to Sunderland’s drinking water has been reignited after Health Secretary Alan Johnson said it could help fight tooth decay among children. Mr Johnson wants a national discussion on whether to put fluoride into water supplies, saying it could give a “dental health boost that could last a lifetime”. Fluoride is […]