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UK. Something in the water: opening the public health law policy window for fluoridation?
Abstract: Alongside the more widely debated provisions relating to the organisation and delivery of healthcare services in the National Health Service in England, the Health and Care Act 2022 contains measures relating to public health. This article offers a critical examination of one of these, that relating to fluoridation of water supplies. The nature of […]
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UK. What’s REALLY in your tap water? With millions more Britons about to get fluoride funnelled into their drinking supplies
DAILY MAIL. Earlier this month it was announced that fluoride will be added to the water supplies of millions more Britons under Government plans to improve dental health. While the mineral has been added to water supplies in parts of the UK for decades – and NHS and experts including chief medical officer Sir Chris […]
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UK. Stop the rot: the North East leads the way in water fluoridation.
NORTH EAST BYLINES (HEALTH). Water fluoridation started in the North East and we are now on the brink of new schemes to exorcise rampant dental decay in the region Once again the North East leads the way. If all goes well, many more people will eventually have better teeth when new water fluoridation schemes are […]
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UK. Water Fluoridation: What Doctors Need to Know.
MEDSCAPE. The government’s dental recovery plan, published last week, includes new legal powers for expansion of water fluoridation. NHS England described this as a “first time ever” roll out, and said the proposals “could reduce the number of tooth extractions due to decay in the most deprived areas of the country”. However, the programme is likely to […]
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UK: Fluoridation is a matter for debate.
THE TELEGRAPH: Mass medication of the water supply warrants proper discussion Contained in the Government’s plans for dentistry is a proposal to expand fluoridation in the water supply. Ministers took the decision to order mandatory schemes in the Health and Care Act 2022 with little in the way of public – or parliamentary – debate. […]
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UK: Does fluoride pose a danger to children’s brains?
THE TELEGRAPH: Government is keen to expand fluoridation schemes, but there are fears that the dental benefits of the mineral have a hidden cost When I first moved to London from the North East of England, my dentist took one look at my teeth and said “you must have lived north of Tyne”. Growing up, […]
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UK: Worried about fluoride in tap water? Experts answer your questions .
THE TELEGRAPH: What the addition of fluoride to drinking water means for the health of our teeth – and our bodies In the original article a photo with this caption: The biggest expansion of water fluoridation in the past four decades has just been approved – but not everyone is convinced of the benefits Dental […]
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Benefits of water fluoridation may have peaked in rich countries
MANCHESTER, UK: Researchers from the University of Manchester have conducted a pioneering study in the UK focusing on the oral health and economic impacts of water fluoridation on adults and adolescents, considering populations with widespread access to topical fluoride. While the findings indicate that water fluoridation remains beneficial, the advantages are not substantial. Therefore, in […]
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Millions will get fluoride added to their tap water in biggest expansion of controversial scheme since the 1980s.
DAILY MAIL. Only about one in 10 people in England currently have water containing fluoride Millions more Brits will get fluoride added to their drinking water under Government plans. As part of the long-awaited dental recovery plan, ministers have vowed to embark on the biggest fluoridation expansion since the 1980s. Around 1.6million people in the […]
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UK: Dental recovery plan: everything you need to know.
GOVERNMENT MEDIA RELEASE: Dentists are going to be supported to take on new NHS patients in the new dental recovery plan. The plan aims to make sure everyone who needs to see a dentist, particularly those who have been unable to access care in the past two years, will be able to do so, making […]
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