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POOR dental health and deprivation across Burnley and Pendle is forcing NHS chiefs to look into increasing the level of fluoride in the public’s water supply. However, this has sparked debate among campaigners who consider fluoride a toxic chemical linked to osteoporosis and cancer. Health bosses say there is an obvious link with tooth decay […]

HEALTH bosses are considering adding fluoride to East Lancashire’s water to combat poor dental health. The recommendation has come after a review into oral health throughout the area has revealed that rates of severe dental problems in children have remained consistently high since the mid-90s. Flouride, which the British Medical Association says strengthens teeth, is […]

The Claim “Our children have the best dental health in Europe.” Ann Keen, health minister, 25 September 2007 The background Our teeth, it seems, are a sore point. It might be easier to get someone to replace your hip these days, but getting someone to examine your molars is (ahem) like pulling teeth. At the […]

RESEARCHERS in York have reignited a fiery debate by accusing the Government of using selective evidence to promote the use of fluoride in the water supply. The long-running saga has divided the nation, with opinion split over whether we should be subjected to a form of “mass-medication”. In 1999, the Department of Health commissioned a […]

The government is accused by senior doctors today of selectively using inadequate evidence to promote the use of fluoride in the water supply. The public health measure, intended to improve the country’s teeth, has attracted huge controversy. Anti-fluoride campaigners claim the chemical has potentially harmful side-effects, while dentists and some public health experts insist it […]

A FORMER Tory councillor who said he would never stand for office again says he will be an anti-fluoride candidate at the next election. Robert Reynolds represented the Sowerby Bridge area for two years until 2006 when he said he was quitting politics and advocating what he called “constitutional terrorism”. “I used to believe I […]

A Preston dentist has backed calls for fluoride to be added to drinking water to tackle the poor state of children’s teeth. The Evening Post recently revealed how health chiefs are lobbying to reduce the high levels of tooth decay affecting youngsters in the city by introducing fluoride into tap water. Austin Hughes, who has […]

Health chiefs want to put fluoride into drinking water in central Lancashire. Youngsters in Preston have some of the most rotten teeth in the country and more than half of five-year-olds in the city have had experience of tooth decay. Now dental health specialists want to reduce overall levels of cavities by supporting the introduction […]

FLUORIDE in our drinking water was today back at the top of Calderdale’s health agenda. Councillors are seriously considering backing the controversial move after shock figures revealed the terrible state of the district’s teeth. Moves to put the chemical in water have caused outrage in the past, with protesters saying it can cause cancer, lead […]

A PRESSURE group aiming to raise awareness of levels of fluoride in the west Cumbria water supply has launched its own website. Cumbrians against Fluoridation has been campaigning for the last seven years against what it claims is the use of an untested, unresearched chemical in the area’s drinking water. It is now taking its […]