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Greens welcomed the statement from London Mayor Ken Livingstone stressing the urgent need for an independent study of the full health impacts of adding fluoride to water in areas such as London. Following probing by Greens on the London Assembly, Livingstone said he would support GLA funding for such a study. He also backed a […]

Tooth decay in Bristol is among the lowest in the country despite not having fluoride additives in local drinking water. And the decay league table, released by the British Dental Association, shows Bristol residents suffer less tooth rot than those in many areas which do have fluoride mixed into their water. The figures come after […]

Ministers were accused of forcing people to take medication without their consent yesterday as the Government moved to push through plans to add fluoride to drinking water. The Tories, who allowed their MPs a free vote on the measures to make it easier to fluoridate water last night, said that they were unhappy about the […]

OUR dentists would love it, but there are seemingly thousands out there who are fundamentally opposed to the fluoridation of our water supplies. The state of children’s teeth in Wales is lamentable, with levels of decay among the highest in Britain. For the sake of our youngsters, many say, we must add fluoride to our […]

The issue may have been around for years, but the strength of feeling on both sides of the argument shows no sign of waning. The mere mention of fluoridation leads to a huge outpouring of public reaction, with both sides firmly entrenched. While the anti-fluoride campaigners see the plans as an entirely unacceptable infringement of […]

People are right to be angry about plans to fluoridate water supplies (News, last week). Under the European Convention on Human Rights and Medicine, a patient must give consent to medication, and be free to withdraw consent at any time. Fluoridation destroys that right. Evidence around the world suggests fluoridation does not reduce tooth decay, […]

THE timing of the release of a new study by the British Dental Association showing East Lancashire at the top of a ‘list of shame’ in child tooth decay is of course no accident. It is meant to add strength to the case for the fluoridation of water supplies ahead of Monday’s crucial debate by […]

Almost predictably the British Dental Association released its PR salvo today – leaving little time for response, before the crucial vote in the House of Commons on Monday (September 8). The BDA distributed what they characterized as a “league of shame” of tooth decay in unfluoridated communities, which they claim sharply differs from tooth decay […]

Fluoridation, despite being hailed by the dental and medical professions as the “magic bullet”‚ in its arsenal in the fight against tooth decay, continues to be one of the most controversial medical issues of the past 50 years. Since the first UK fluoridation schemes were introduced in the 1960s, the documented dental benefits have been […]

A Leading West scientist is heading a nationwide campaign to block Government plans to add potentially harmful chemicals to the country’s water supplies, it was revealed last night. Chemist Dr Jenny Duckworth says the health of the nation could be put at risk if companies are allowed to press ahead with plans to add fluoride […]