THE first petition marking a new electronic way of lobbying the Assembly Government will urge the administration not to add fluoride to drinking water. Anti-fluoride campaigner John Warman’s petition is the first to feature on the National Assembly’s e-petitions website, which was launched this week. It comes as there is evidence of growing support in […]
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Southampton: Euro MP slams fluoride plans
CONTROVERSIAL plans to add flouride to Southampton’s water supply have been condemned by a green MEP. Just weeks after Prime Minister Gordon Brown insisted water fluoridation would benefit the city’s residents, Green MEP Dr Caroline Lucas, pictured above right, paid a personal visit to health chiefs to condemn the proposals. In February Health Secretary Alan […]
Yesterday in parliament (March 26, 2008)
Excerpt: March 26 session Fluoride The prime minister insisted that adding fluoride to tap-water supplies would be a good thing for British teeth. He said that he had “seen the benefits of fluoridation” and added that last month the health secretary, Alan Johnson, had pledged an extra £14m for authorities who wanted to add the […]
Southampton: Open debate into adding fluoride to Southampton’s water
CITY councillors are backing a detailed, open and meaningful consultation on proposals to add fluoride to Southampton’s water supplies. Health chiefs are eager to press ahead with the move which they say will reduce tooth decay, particularly among children in poorer neighbourhoods. Surveys show dental health among the city’s under-fives is far worse than the […]
Chief executive of the British Dental Health Foundation: “For our children’s sake”
IN 1970, one in three people over the age of 16 had no teeth at all. Thankfully, the picture today is very different. Quite rightly, people now have an expectation that their teeth are for life. But what has caused this dramatic improvement in our dental health? The simple answer is fluoride. Fluoride was first […]
Bolton: anti-fluoride meeting February 26
AN anti-fluoride meeting is being held tomorrow night. The meeting, which has been organised by the National Pure Water Association, will feature speakers from the Green Party, Friends of the Earth and representatives from a thyroid patients and kidney patients advocacy groups. Health Secretary Alan Johnson has announced government plans to pump £42 million into […]
Something in the water?
More fluoride should be put into Britain’s drinking water, according to health secretary Alan Johnson. Money has been earmarked for health boards wishing to do so. In some parts of the UK, fluoride occurs naturally in the water supply; in others, such as the Midlands, it is already added to water supplies. To Johnson, there […]
‘Health chiefs should resign over fluoride’
CAMPAIGNERS are calling for health chiefs to quit over plans to add fluoride to Southampton’s tap water. Protesters who claim fluoridated water harms people’s health are stepping up their fight against the move. Southampton City Primary Care Trust (PCT) supports water fluoridation and is awaiting the results of investigations into its practicalities. As reported in […]
British sink their teeth into debate over fluoride
LONDON — Anyone who’s seen an Austin Powers movie knows the stereotype about the English: They have bad teeth. Health Secretary Alan Johnson said it’s time to improve England’s dental health and urged putting fluoride in local drinking water to help reduce tooth decay in children, especially in poor areas. Only about 10% of England’s […]
British Dental Association Supports Communities’ Right To Choose Fluoride
The British Dental Association welcomes Health Secretary Alan Johnson’s announcement this week that £42 million would be made available for local fluoridation schemes where communities support the initiative. Susie Sanderson, Chair of the BDA’s Executive Board, said: “Tooth decay is a significant problem in the UK. In socially deprived communities as many as one in […]