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Medical experts have called for more research into the risks of adding fluoride to water. The Medical Research Council said the chemical reduces dental decay but safety fears had to be addressed before more water companies add it to domestic supplies. Dr Paul Harrison, director of the MRC Institute for Environment and Health, said: “There’s […]

The use of fluoride in toothpaste is now so widespread that people’s total exposure to the chemical is no longer known, leading scientists said yesterday. A report from the Medical Research Council, commissioned by the Government, could put into question Labour’s plans to change the law to encourage more fluoridation in the fight against tooth […]

Experts say there is still not enough information to say whether fluoride should be added to water. A report compiled by the Medical Research Council spells out several areas where more work is needed. Adding fluoride to water is backed by health and dental experts including the World Health Organization. Studies have shown adding fluoride […]

Erupting volcanoes are an impressive but deadly force. Apart from blasting out tonnes of ash, rock and lava, volcanoes release clouds of poisonous gases into the atmosphere. One of the most dangerous is hydrogen fluoride. It promotes acid rain and attaches to ash particles, polluting grass and streams. Some volcanic eruptions, particularly in Iceland, have […]

Health bosses have been attacked over fresh plans to add fluoride to the town’s water supply, reopening a controversial 38-year-old debate. A Bolton MP and councillor have criticised the move by regional health bosses to make fluoridation of the North-west’s tap water a priority. They claim there are still serious question marks over the use […]

Dear All, For years, most, but not all, dentists have trusted their dental associations when they were assured that mercury amalgams were perfectly safe for their patients and themselves. Now more and more evidence is mounting that neither claim is true. In this latest report, Scotland researchers have found “up to four times the normal […]

Dear All, A few days ago I received news from Liz Vaughan about a victory in the UK. I asked Liz for more details, and it looks as if we have had at least two victories (Allerdale and Buttermere). Here are both of Liz Vaughan’s emails and my query. If you wish to congratulate Liz […]

Green peer Lord Beaumont of Whitley is to lead a House of Lords debate on the allegedly “misleading, biased and scientifically questionable” information being given to parents of some British primary school children regarding fluoridated school milk. An incisive Green Party briefing entitled “Dental milk” and truth decay, to be issued this week, finds severe […]

A private care home in Workington is to start distilling its own drinking water – rather than allow its residents fo drink fluoridated water. Ron Adair, who owns and manages Croft House in South William Street with his wife Vita, regards fluoride as a slow poison and is campaigning to have it permanently removed from […]

Campaigners against the dangers of water fluoridation are taking their fight to Sheffield where 24 junior schools are considering adding fluoride to children’s milk. Jane Jones of the National Pure Water Association (NPWA) described the move as “wholesale fluoridation of the British water supply through the back door,” adding, “By showing that children are unharmed […]