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Local Friends of the Earth chapters call for national campaign
A LEADING Pendle environmental campaigner will attempt to persuade a national pressure group to back an anti-fluoride campaign. The Pendle Friends of the Earth (FoE) group is to second a motion to oppose compulsory water fluoridisation at the FoE annual conference in Leicester in August. Brian Jackson of Duke Street in Winewall co-ordinator of the […]
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Hyndburn Council rejects fluoridation plan
HYNDBURN Council is insisting water in the borough should not be fluoridated. The authority’s cabinet yesterday reaffirmed its stance adopted in 1987. The move follows the Water Act 2003 which when operational will change the powers for adding fluoride to drinking water. Pro-campaigners argue it will help improve dental health in the North-West which has […]
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Water rebel willing to face court
A Campaigner fighting the introduction of fluoride to water supplies says he will risk prosecution to protect his human rights. Ray Oldacre, of Kingsley Road, Stafford, claims that the introduction of fluoride would contravene his human rights and has told Severn Trent Water that he will refuse to pay his water bill should fluoride be […]
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Truth Decay – stop mass fluoridation of water
To highlight to the public the dangers of fluoridation in water, Jean Lambert MEP will be visting Barnet this Saturday . Jean will be joined by Noel Lynch, Green London Assembly Member and Miranda Dunn, Green London Assembly candidate for Barnet and Camden. They will be supporting Ashley Gunstock, actor and Green Party candidate for […]
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Anti-fluoride campaign escalates
Any attempt to fluoridate Sussex’s water supply will be bitterly opposed a campaign group has warned. A public meeting organised by Gary Kemp of Brighton Hove and Mid Sussex Friends of the Earth attracted dozens of people concerned about possible long-term plans for Britain’s drinking water. The Government has given Strategic Health Authorities the power […]
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Fluoride Protest in Stroud
The Green Party is encouraging Stroud residents to make a stand against the proposed fluoridation of water supplies. Almost 2,000 yellow postcards stating opposition to the process and addressed to Severn Trent have been handed out to local residents over the last few weeks. Green Party spokesperson Phillip Booth said: “To medicate people without their […]
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Fluoride not wanted
MORE than 80 per cent of people have said no to the addition of fluoride to public drinking water. That is the overwhelming result from a massive county-wide survey. The news has come as a blow to public health bosses who believe fluoride has the potential to improve child dental health – but anti-fluoride campaigners […]
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Liberal Democrats vote against fluoridation
THE Welsh Liberal Democrats decided to oppose the fluoridation of water – although they allowed their elected representatives to vote on the issue according to their conscience. Recent legislation has given the National Assembly the power to decide whether domestic water supplies should be fluoridated. Kirsty Williams, the party’s spokesperson on health at the Assembly, […]
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Bolton council says no to fluoride
ANTI-fluoridation campaigners are claiming an early victory after Bolton Town Hall chiefs vowed to oppose plans to add a controversial chemical to tap water. Councillors voted to support a resolution to resist any attempts by the strategic health authority to move ahead with the plan to add fluoride being mixed with water supplies. They said […]
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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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