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Council chiefs take legal action against plans to put fluoride into tap water in Southampton and Hampshire
THE long-running row over putting fluoride into the drinking water of 200,000 Hampshire residents is heading for a court showdown, the Daily Echo can reveal. Council chiefs are launching a legal challenge to the controversial scheme that could see the plan killed off in the High Court. Plans to put fluoride into the tap water […]
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Southampton: Still treading water over fluoridation
NEW Forest East MP, Julian Lewis, has demanded answers on the future of fluoridation in Hampshire. Leaders of Southampton City Council and Hampshire County Council wrote to the Government earlier this year, asking for clarification on whether the scheme still existed. But the organisation which would be charged with adding the chemical to drinking water […]
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Southampton: Fluoride answers demanded by New Forest MP Julian Lewis
AN MP has demanded answers on the future of fluoridation in Hampshire. Council chiefs in Hampshire believe controversial plans to introduce fluoridation could be dead in the water. The leaders of both Southampton City Council and Hampshire County Council wrote to the Government earlier this year asking for clarification on whether the scheme still exists. […]
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Fluoride in tap water cuts fillings – but does it raise dementia risk? Councils hail health findings as campaigners call for more research into long-term effects
Many of the areas with the lowest rates of fillings have added the powerful enamel-protecting chemical to their tap water Campaigners claim the data should persuade more areas to sign up to mass fluoridisation scheme Critics insist that there is evidence it could be putting youngsters at risk of dementia in later life Adding fluoride […]
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Blackpool: Summit pleas over fluoride in milk plans
Blackpool Council’s opposition leader has called for a public meeting to help parents make up their own minds over plans to add fluoride to school milk. Coun Tony Williams says parents need to hear both sides of the argument before a decision is made on the issue. It comes after the council’s Health and Wellbeing […]
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Fluoride to again be added to west Cumbria’s water supply
The chemical has been added to the water supplied to Cornhow and Ennerdale water treatment works since the late 1960s. However, the process was halted in April 2006 in Cornhow and in November 2011 in Ennerdale, to allow the treatment equipment to be upgraded. Public Health England – which took over from the abolished North […]
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Fluoride programme for elderly launched in Northamptonshire care homes
A new programme has been launched by Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) to improve dental care for elderly care home residents in the county. Our salaried primary care dental service is visiting care homes throughout Northamptonshire to provide fluoride for elderly people to prevent further tooth decay. Denise Birkett, Oral Health Promotion Practitioner for […]
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Blackpool: ‘Teach kids to brush teeth before fluoride’
Pupils should be given lessons on how to brush their teeth rather than having fluoride added to their school milk, the leader of Blackpool’s Tories claimed today. Coun Tony Williams says conflicting views about the side effects of fluoride means alternative ways of improving dental health among the town’s youngsters should be looked at first. […]
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Blackpool: Fluoride plan in school milk moves closer
Special plans to introduce fluoridised milk into Blackpool’s primary schools moved one step closer after the scheme was backed by health chiefs. At a meeting of Blackpool Council’s Health and Wellbeing board yesterday it was resoundingly agreed to push forward plans to provide milk to 77 primary schools in the town. Dr Arif Rajpura, Blackpool’s […]
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Blackpool: Fluoride plan for school milk to target decay
Special milk containing fluoride is set to be introduced in schools in Blackpool in a bid to reduce the shocking level of tooth decay among the resort’s children. The dental health of youngsters in the town is among the worst in the country, with more than one in three five-year-olds having at least one unhealthy […]
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