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Scottish MP Predicts Backlash
THE Scots MP at the forefront of the campaign to stop the fluoridation of water predicts the Government will be given the all-clear today. Cunninghame South MP Brian Donohoe believes plans to fluoridate water supplies throughout the UK to fight child tooth decay will be carried at today’s second reading in the Commons – but […]
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Tell Scots the truth about fluoride, say Greens
Green MSP Robin Harper has made a second plea to the Scottish Executive to come clean on its fluoride policy on the day that Westminster rubber-stamps legislation that could mean most of the UK’s water authorities are forced to put the chemical in their supplies. People in Scotland do not know whether they will be […]
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Greens will fight any fluoride in water plans
GREEN MSPs today vowed to fight any plans by the Scottish Executive to put fluoride in Scotland’s water. They spoke out as plans were finalised in Westminster for fluoridation in England and Wales. Lothians Green MSP Robin Harper has written to First Minister Jack McConnell asking him to reassure the people of Scotland that their […]
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Scots sink teeth into fluoride plan
PLANS to add fluoride to Scotland’s drinking water seem certain to be scrapped after they sparked a massive backlash from the public. More than 7,500 Scots have complained in writing to the Scottish Executive about the plans for compulsory fluoridation, making it the biggest such protest since the Section 28 debate. Ministers and leading health […]
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Thousands say no to fluoride in Scotland’s water
Opposition to the adding of fluoride to Scotland’s water is overwhelming, it emerged yesterday. Thousands have raised objections to any move by the Scottish Executive to introduce what has been described as mass medication. The possible introduction of fluoride into the water supply resulted in an almost unprecedented response to an executive consultation exercise, with […]
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Fury at bid for fluoride in milk
A ROW has erupted after council chiefs said they wanted fluoride added to milk offered to children in every Glasgow primary school and nursery. The plan would see the chemical, which health chiefs say prevents tooth decay, put into milk provided for thousands of youngsters. City council bosses today revealed they backed the move first […]
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Renfrewshire Council Says No to Fluoride
CALLS to halt fluoride being added to public drinking water have been backed by Renfrewshire Council. It is claimed the chemical helps stop child tooth decay. But fluoride has also been linked to cancer and hip fractures. The Scottish Executive is currently carrying out consultation on the issue and is looking for public opinion right […]
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We are right to be suspicious of fluoride
TEETH seem to be different from other parts of the human body, at least in terms of their relation to public policy. We have different people, with a different title, who look after them. Everything from lungs to toes to vasa deferentia comes under ‘medicine’, but teeth are the prime targets of those involved in […]
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Fluoride won’t fight the causes of our shock dental record
DID you know that nearly 60% of Scots children have tooth decay by the time they are five? By the time they reach their teens, the proportion with rotten teeth is 70%. It is shocking. It is with these statistics in mind that the government’s proposal to add fluoride to the water supply in Scotland […]
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Time out called on fluoride question
MINISTERS could be forced to extend their public consultation on fluoridation in Scotland’s water supply after several bodies claimed that not enough time had been allowed for all responses to be received. The Herald has learned that a decision on extending the consultation period will be taken early in the new year. The consultation document […]
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