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Letters: ‘Public Health England’s belief that water fluoridation reduces tooth decay is built on quicksand’
DOCTORS Lowry and Robson (HAS, March 20) assert that oral health in fluoridated Newcastle is “much better than in the neighbouring non-fluoridated areas”. What statistics are they reading? The Dental Health Surveys (DHS) are plagued by varying participation. If you believed them, you would have recommended more fluoride for Newcastle’s water after the 2007-08 survey […]
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Impetus from on high for community water fluoridation
NHS England is signalling strongly that community water fluoridation is the optimum intervention to improve the oral health of children and tackle health inequality among disadvantaged communities. The new impetus is fully supported by the Community Water Fluoridation (CWF) network, which is pressing for targeted water fluoridation in areas of high need. Dr Simon Hearnshaw, […]
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Conservative Dentists group launched
Conservative Dentists (CD) was recently launched at a sold-out event entitled ‘Prevention is better than Cure’, at the Palace of Westminster. There will be little disagreement that there is a lack of representation for dentists within all the political parties and Conservative Dentists was set up to combat this. The aims of the organisation are […]
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Letters: ‘400 studies worldwide showing fluoride reduces human and animal intelligence’
ON February 26 I attended a talk chaired by Darlington Green Party Councillor Matthew Snedker, and addressed by Doctor John Furness, who was there to promote water fluoridation for Darlington. In the journal Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, he suggest adding fluoride to the water of deprived areas of Manchester, most of South […]
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‘Poison’ claims rubbished in clash over plans to double water fluoridation in Northumberland
Opposing views from water-fluoridation opponents and medical experts have been aired, ahead of a consultation on a proposed change in Northumberland. [See map below] A map showing the areas of Northumberland covered by the existing fluoridation scheme (in blue) and one showing the areas proposed to be covered by the extension (in green). Picture from […]
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Health chiefs plan ‘myth-buster’ over plans to extend fluoridation of water supply in Northumberland
Health chiefs are set to develop a ‘myth-buster’ ahead of consultation on plans to extend the fluoridation of Northumberland’s water supply to tackle tooth decay. See map below: A map showing the areas of Northumberland covered by the existing fluoridation scheme (in blue) and one showing the areas proposed to be covered by the extension […]
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NHS England throws its support behind water fluoridation movement
NHS England is signalling strongly for community water fluoridation. It believes this is the optimum intervention to improve the oral health of children. And also to tackle health inequalities among disadvantaged communities. The new impetus is also receiving full support from the Community Water Fluoridation (CWF) network. It is pressing for targeted water fluoridation in […]
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Plans to tackle dental problems in Sunderland
Last year, Sunderland City Council’s Health and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee launched an investigation into oral health. From August, councillors have been gathering evidence from a range of health experts, stakeholders and interested parties. This included feedback on potentially introducing fluoride into the city’s water supply, which would be subject to public consultation and a lengthy […]
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NE England: Water fluoridation gains momentum with new website
Support for community water fluoridation continues to gain momentum with the unveiling of a new web page supporting schemes in the North East of England (https://onepartpermillion.co.uk/north-east). The web page is part of the One Part Per Million campaign initiated and funded by the local dental committee movement and is in readiness for public consultations in […]
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Calderdale: Council to explore possibility of flouridation of water to improve dental health of children
A debate on children’s dental health ended with a request to council officers to explore the possibility of whether water supplies could be fluoridated. Acknowledging it is a controversial subject, members of Calderdale Council’s children and young people’s scrutiny board thought it was nevertheless an option worth exploring. Coun Stephen Baines, who represents Northowram and […]
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