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The Government’s attempt to extend water fluoridation across England is likely to focus on the most deprived 20 per cent of the population, which experiences 80 per cent of the nation’s dental disease. Dentists say that in countries where water fluoridation is widespread, such as America, Australia and New Zealand, dental health is far superior […]

SCHOOL milk with added fluoride is to be introduced for the first time in Doncaster – under a controversial project to halt tooth decay in children. Parents of pupils at Belle Vue’s St Peter’s Roman Catholic Primary School are expected to be able to sign up for their youngsters to be given daily fluoridated milk […]

In 2003 the Government passed the Water Act to allow water authorities to add fluoride to the public drinking water – fluoridation – if there is a request from statutory health agencies after they have consulted on the issue. In this article I explain why, as a doctor, I advise against fluoridation. Autonomy is the […]

Fluoride in tap water can cause bone cancer in boys, a disturbing new study indicates, although there is no evidence of a link for girls. New American research suggests that boys exposed to fluoride between the ages of five and 10 will suffer an increased rate of osteosarcoma – bone cancer – bet-ween the ages […]

A HIGHLY toxic chemical – so strong that it can eat through road surfaces and solid steel – is being used to add fluoride to our drinking water. Hexafluorosilicic acid is the concentrated form of the chemical which the North Cumbria Health Authority insists should be added in low concentrations. Objectors to the policy, including […]

PROTESTERS were due to stage a rally later today after health bosses announced plans to take a step towards the fluoridation of Greater Manchester’s water supply. Demonstrators from all over the region planned to target the offices of Leigh MP Andy Burnham, a supporter of the plan, to raise concern over what they claim is […]

LIVERPOOL City Council is locked on a collision course with the regional health authority over fluoride in water supplies. The council is set to pass a motion condemning the fluoride used in water supplies as being a pesticide. It is also expected to relaunch the school dental service in secondary schools as a better way […]

Local residents, employees and businesses will all have a say as to whether fluoride should be added to their local water supply under proposed regulations. Views should also be sought from voluntary public health organisations as well as statutory health and local authorities, the government has suggested in draft regulations from the Department of Health. […]

Draft regulations setting out how Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs) should consult local people on the decision to fluoridate water supplies were published today by Public Health Minister, Melanie Johnson. The draft regulations require SHAs to publish proposals to fluoridate in the local media, and consult on the decision for three months. SHAs would only then […]