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Don’t toy with fluoride
OUR Government has the best of motives in wanting to extend the fluoridisation of our water supply. But it is embarking on a risky experiment which, as we report today, some believe could lower children’s intelligence, lead to behavioural problems and cause health problems in adults. Our modern sugary diet is not only making our […]
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Scotland to face yet another fluoridation push
FLUORIDE will be added to large parts of Scotland’s water supply as part of a controversial compromise plan by the Scottish executive to mass medicate children. Labour ministers, who have faced widespread opposition to blanket fluoridation, will instead give health boards the power to order Scottish Water to add the chemical to supplies following public […]
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Fluoride fears flare over delay in health study
THE Scottish Executive is being pressed to release the findings of a consultation exercise on the health of children’s teeth amid concern over the possibility of adding fluoride to the water supply. The consultation was launched in 2002, originally for three months and later extended into 2003, with the results expected to be released by […]
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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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