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Fluoride research sparkes debate
RESEARCHERS in York have reignited a fiery debate by accusing the Government of using selective evidence to promote the use of fluoride in the water supply. The long-running saga has divided the nation, with opinion split over whether we should be subjected to a form of “mass-medication”. In 1999, the Department of Health commissioned a […]
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Senior doctors allege lack of evidence on fluoride safety
The government is accused by senior doctors today of selectively using inadequate evidence to promote the use of fluoride in the water supply. The public health measure, intended to improve the country’s teeth, has attracted huge controversy. Anti-fluoride campaigners claim the chemical has potentially harmful side-effects, while dentists and some public health experts insist it […]
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Ex-Tory makes comeback to fight fluoride in water
A FORMER Tory councillor who said he would never stand for office again says he will be an anti-fluoride candidate at the next election. Robert Reynolds represented the Sowerby Bridge area for two years until 2006 when he said he was quitting politics and advocating what he called “constitutional terrorism”. “I used to believe I […]
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Dentist backs fluoride bid
A Preston dentist has backed calls for fluoride to be added to drinking water to tackle the poor state of children’s teeth. The Evening Post recently revealed how health chiefs are lobbying to reduce the high levels of tooth decay affecting youngsters in the city by introducing fluoride into tap water. Austin Hughes, who has […]
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Call to put fluoride into Lancashire county’s water
Health chiefs want to put fluoride into drinking water in central Lancashire. Youngsters in Preston have some of the most rotten teeth in the country and more than half of five-year-olds in the city have had experience of tooth decay. Now dental health specialists want to reduce overall levels of cavities by supporting the introduction […]
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Fluoridation issue surfaces in Calderdale, West Yorkshire
FLUORIDE in our drinking water was today back at the top of Calderdale’s health agenda. Councillors are seriously considering backing the controversial move after shock figures revealed the terrible state of the district’s teeth. Moves to put the chemical in water have caused outrage in the past, with protesters saying it can cause cancer, lead […]
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Cumbrian anti-fluoride action group goes on line
A PRESSURE group aiming to raise awareness of levels of fluoride in the west Cumbria water supply has launched its own website. Cumbrians against Fluoridation has been campaigning for the last seven years against what it claims is the use of an untested, unresearched chemical in the area’s drinking water. It is now taking its […]
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Rotherham Council rejects fluoridation
ROTHERHAM Council has decided against putting fluoride in the borough’s water supply to improve the condition of children’s teeth, claiming there is insufficient evidence that it works. The idea was strongly recommended by Rotherham Primary Care Trust, which said adding fluoride to tap- water can improve dental health and reduce decay. But a review by […]
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Greater Manchester: Bid to put fluoride in water
FOUR schemes for adding fluoride to tap water across Greater Manchester are being considered. Health bosses have asked United Utilities to price up four options for the highly controversial scheme to improve the region’s terrible dental health. They argue adding fluoride to the water supply could help improve dental health – it strengthens tooth enamel. […]
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Anti-fluoridated tap water campaigner issues fresh challenge to Isle of Man
At a public meeting, held last night in Douglas, well-respected Professor of Chemistry, Dr Paul Connett, issued a fresh challenge to Dr Paul Emerson, of the Public Health Directorate, to publicly debate with him the pros and cons of adding fluoride to the Island’s water supply. Dr Connett stated that despite having 5 weeks advance […]
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