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500 toddlers in Southampton have teeth removed under general anaesthetic a year, say Public Health England
“YOU will stay safe and your children’s teeth will be healthier.” That is the message from the people driving controversial moves to add fluoride to water supplies as it was revealed hundreds of Southampton toddlers are having their teeth pulled out in hospital because of decay. More than 500 city youngsters a year, aged one […]
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Southampton: Fluoride in water ‘improves children’s dental health’ claims new report by PHE
HEALTH chiefs say adding fluoride to water in Southampton and Hampshire will improve children’s dental health. Public Health England (PHE) has today published a report which says adding the chemical to tap water will provide “significant benefits”. The Government body’s report says youngsters living in areas where fluoridation schemes are in place are less likely […]
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Consider mass fluoridation of water, says health body
Adding fluoride to water should be considered by councils in England to improve dental health, the government’s public health advisory body says. Public Health England urged councils to act after reviewing the impact of water fluoridation on children in areas where it has been introduced. About 6m people – 10% of the country – currently […]
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Consider mass fluoridation of water, says health body
Adding fluoride to water should be considered by councils in England to improve dental health, the government’s public health advisory body says. Public Health England urged councils to act after reviewing the impact of water fluoridation on children in areas where it has been introduced. About 6m people – 10% of the country – currently […]
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Leicestershire. On This Day: 25 Years Ago
Leicestershire health chiefs today backed the fluoridation of the county’s water supplies by the smallest possible margin – the casting vote of the chairman. When the time came to end the months of debate about fluoridation, the members of the authority were split. With the vote tied at eight for and eight against, with two […]
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Southampton: Fluoride is ‘safe and effective’ insists Public Health England
THE organisation charged with putting fluoride into the tap water of tens of thousands of Hampshire residents has said the measure is “safe and effective.” Public Health England (PHE) defended fluoridation after an article in a respected medical journal suggested fluoride may lead to brain damage and reduced IQ in children. The authors of the […]
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Fluoride expert is on her way to Brazil in bid to improve child health
A NORTH-EAST expert on the use of fluoride to prevent dental decay is taking her research to Brazil. Dr Vida Zohoori, a reader in oral public health and nutrition, says the gap between the recommended daily intake of fluoride in children to prevent tooth decay and the level which could cause tooth mottling is too […]
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Southampton: New Forest East MP Julian Lewis calls for minister to prevent costly court fight over fluoride plan
A HAMPSHIRE MP is urging a Government minister to intervene and decide the fate of the county’s fluoridation scheme. New Forest East MP Julian Lewis has written to the Under Secretary of State for the Department for Health (DfH), Jane Ellison. He wants her to use her powers to decide once and for all whether […]
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Blackpool: Decision on fluoridated milk for schoolchildren ‘deferred’
The executive committee was on the whole in support of the scheme, but decided to hold off introducing it as part of the council’s free breakfasts for primary school pupils. Blackpool’s director of public health, Dr Arif Rajpura, said: “We have decided to defer the decision on fluoridated milk. “A study which took place in […]
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Southampton: Fluoride dispute could go to court
The long-running battle over plans to add fluoride to domestic water supplies in and around Southampton could be heading for a showdown in court. Hampshire councils and the Government’s health agency are at odds over the controversial scheme. Plans to put fluoride into the tap water of 200,000 residents in parts of Southampton, Eastleigh, Totton, […]
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