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I AM a dental surgeon and a member of the Expert Body on Fluorides and Health in Ireland. I have been an advocate for water fluoridation in Ireland for the past ten years as a result of my own clinical experience and due to the evidence available from regional, national and international research. Virtually all […]

Hampshire County Council is refusing to support proposals to add fluoride to local water supplies. And this could prove a blow to Southampton Primary Care Trust (PCT) whose hopes of adding it to the city’s taps to sort out its poor oral health may be dashed with the move. The County Council will now send […]

EVERY home which would receive fluoridated water under a controversial scheme being considered by health chiefs is to be offered the chance to have its say. Letters and leaflets are being delivered to 110,000 households in a bid to get more feedback from those affected by the plans. With less than a month left of […]

THE battle lines have been drawn in the great fluoridation debate. The issue has arisen because Southampton Primary Care Trust is considering a small increase in the natural level of fluoride in the public water system to combat a dental health problem in parts of the city. If it went ahead the increase would also […]

SOUTHAMPTON’S councillors last night voted to back plans to add fluoride to the city’s water to give thousands of “poor kids rich kids’ teeth”. Health chiefs want to improve dental health among youngsters in the city by controversially adding fluoride to the tap water delivered to two-thirds of residents. In a free vote city councillors […]

HAMPSHIRE councillors have voted almost unanimously to oppose plans to add fluoride to water to tackle tooth decay among the young in Southampton. Only one councillor spoke out in favour of the plan by health chiefs to boost levels of fluoride in tap water delivered two thirds of Southampton residents as well as 36,000 people […]

HEALTH chiefs have welcomed the backing of Southampton City Council to proposals to add fluoride to water in the city and surrounding areas. City councillors voted 26 to 18 in favour of water fluoridation to combat tooth decay following an in-depth inquiry and council debate last night. Southampton City Primary Care Trust, the local body […]

Plans to add fluoride to tap water in Southampton have been rejected by Hampshire councillors, just hours after city councillors backed the idea. Southampton City Council voted 26 to 18 in favour of the measure after a heated debate on Wednesday. On Thursday, Hampshire County Council decided unanimously that it did not support the proposals. […]

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 […]