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Health experts call for fluoride in water
The British Dental Health Foundation (BDHF) has called on the Scottish Executive to take action to combat tooth decay problems afflicting thousands of children. The BDHF said it would be writing to health minister Susan Deacon asking her to support moves to put fluoride in Scotland’s water supplies. The call follows the publication of research […]
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Greens Claim London Anti-Fluoridation Announcement a Victory for Whole Country
The Green Party today claims a victory in Britain’s battle against Tony Blair’s plan for compulsory fluoridation, as London Mayor Ken Livingstone sides with the Greens to oppose the fluoridation of London’s drinking water. Mr Livingstone came off the fence publicly for the first time today in an answer during Mayor’s question time. The Green […]
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Greens Step Up Anti-Fluoridation Battle
As ministers prepare to give the go-ahead to water fluoridation, the Green Party has signalled its intention to step up campaigning against it. The Greens argue that: * Fluoride is linked to a range of adverse health effects. * Mass medication is medically unethical and an infringement of individual liberty. * Education, not fluoridation, is […]
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London Greens Will Fight Fluoridation
Darren Johnson, Green Party candidate for London mayor, says he will fight the Government’s plans to add fluoride to London’s water every step of the way. Until now, water authorities have only added fluoride at the recommendation of health authorities but the Government intends to change the law to force them to do so. Frank […]
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Toothpaste set to carry fluoride poison warning
HEALTH warnings could be placed on tubes of fluoride toothpaste sold in Britain after the issue of a United States alert on the dangers of swallowing the chemical. At least one supermarket chain is considering changes after the Washington-based Food and Drug Administration set out a stringent new labelling requirement. Fluoride toothpaste sold in the […]
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Colgate pay-out stirs up fluoride row
FRESH calls to end fluoridation of water are to be put to the Government by a group of MPs led by Sir Ivan Lawrence, the Conservative member for Burton-on-Trent. Their action follows a decision reported yesterday, by the toothpaste manufacturer Colgate-Palmolive to make a “goodwill” payment of £1,000 to a 10-year-old Essex boy suffering from […]
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Colgate pays out for teeth ruined by fluoride
A leading toothpaste manufacturer has paid £1,000 to s child whose teeth appear to have been damaged by fluoride. In what is to believe is the first such case, Colgate-Palmolive made a “goodwill” payment after an independent specialist diagnosed the boy as suffering from a condition lined with fluoride. At the time, The Sunday Telegraph […]
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Hydrogeochemical studies for Al, F and Fe in waters supplying haemodialysis units in the Trent region, U.K.
Abstract Geographical and seasonal variations in the concentrations of Al, F and Fe in tap water supplying home haemodialysis units within the administrative area of the Trent Regional Health Authority, have been examined. Aluminium and fluoride were considered for their implications in bone disorders and iron for its competitive binding with aluminium to transferrin in […]
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A host of roasted daffodils
Hunchback fish no longer get their batter coating at the Tangier Street fish and chip shop. The fruits of the Irish Sea, which crashes furiously on to Whitehaven’s beaches, no longer find their way into the hot and vinegar-soaked newspaper wrapping at the fish bar across the road from the windswept harbour of the Cumbrian […]
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Reluctant ban in Scotland.
Both sides in the battle over fluoridation of domestic water supplies were claiming partial victory last week after the first test case on the matter in the United Kingdom. Lord Jauncey ruled in the Edinburgh Court of Session that it was beyond the powers of Strathclyde Regional Council to fluoridate water supplies, as it had […]
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