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Rebels fail to block fluoridation of water
Households throughout England and Wales could receive a dose of fluoride when they turn on the tap after the Government pushed through a measure to improve the teeth of children who do not have healthy diets. Ministers steered through a change in the law to make it easier to medicate drinking water and force water […]
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Shadow Minister for Environment Opposed to Forced Medication
DESPITE Government concessions to opponents of water fluoridation, Leominster MP Bill Wiggin has expressed concern that measures do not go far enough to prevent “forced medication” of the public. Mr Wiggin, Shadow Minister for the Environment, won a victory over the details of water fluoridation in Clause 61 of the Water Bill, as the Government […]
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Petition comes out against fluoridation
Hundreds of people have backed a campaign in Shropshire to fight moves to put fluoride in the water supply. Whixall Women’s Institute has been concerned about the health implications and had launched a protest against the proposals. A petition was launched to support the cause and two Women’s Institute members took on the tough challenge […]
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Health fear for children sparks fury over fluoride
Sweeping new measures to allow fluoride to be added to large parts of Britain’s water supply are set to provoke a huge political row amid fears that ‘mass medication’ may harm children and lead to more tooth disease. Ministers will try to force the new Water Bill through the House of Commons this week before […]
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Legal fight on fluoride
OPPONENTS of plans to put health chiefs in charge of adding fluoride to public water supplies are preparing for a legal challenge after admitting that they will lose a Commons vote next week. MPs are to be allowed a free vote on legislation to make it easier to fluoridate water supplies by transferring the decision […]
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Good medicine?
Few people enjoy taking medicine. Even fewer would like to take it if they don’t need to. Government is pressing for fluoride to be added to water supplies But under the Water Bill which is currently going through Parliament the government is pressing for fluoride to be added to our water supply. The water companies […]
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Dump your toothbrush, says health minister
Children up and down the country will be delighting at the latest public health advice from ministers: throw away your toothbrush. Drinking a glass of fluoridated water is now the “preferred method” of preventing tooth decay, according to the public health minister, and is cheaper and easier than brushing. Melanie Johnson wrote to MPs last […]
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Health Minister Backtracks on Fluoridation Propaganda
The Government denied today it said people should stop brushing their teeth after a letter to MPs highlighted the benefits of fluoridated water above more traditional methods or oral hygiene. Public health minister Melanie Johnson wrote to MPs ahead of a vote on the Water Bill, which could see water companies forced to add fluoride […]
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MP Pledges to Vote Against Water Bill
A Staffordshire MP has joined thousands of people in speaking out against plans to put fluoride in the county’s water. Stafford MP David Kidney has pledged to oppose the Government’s Water Bill which includes possible clauses giving protection against legal action to water companies which add fluoride to their supplies. Anti-fluoridation campaign group Protect Our […]
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Investigation into drinking water begins
NORWICH – An investigation is under way at City Hall to see how safe it would be to add fluoride to our drinking water. A cross-party committee has been formed which will report back to decision-makers on its findings. The results will then help the council to decide if it should oppose a nationwide Bill […]
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