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Norwich Council urged to drop fluoride plans
NORWICH City Council is being urged to formally oppose plans to add fluoride to drinking water because of health fears. Green Party councillor Jessica Goldfinch will propose a motion next week urging the council to oppose the proposed Fluoridation Bill. A new amendment will force water companies to add fluoride to water supplies. If given […]
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MP allays fear of ‘poisoned water’
FEARS that poison could be poured into the water system under Government plans were dismissed by Mole Valley’s MP. The Surrey Green Party claims that the Government’s fluoridation plans will enable health authorities to override councils and compel water companies to add hexafluorosilicic acid to public water supplies. The Green Party describes the acid, a […]
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London Mayor calls for independent study of fluoride’s health impacts
Greens welcomed the statement from London Mayor Ken Livingstone stressing the urgent need for an independent study of the full health impacts of adding fluoride to water in areas such as London. Following probing by Greens on the London Assembly, Livingstone said he would support GLA funding for such a study. He also backed a […]
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Fluoride under fire in debate
Tooth decay in Bristol is among the lowest in the country despite not having fluoride additives in local drinking water. And the decay league table, released by the British Dental Association, shows Bristol residents suffer less tooth rot than those in many areas which do have fluoride mixed into their water. The figures come after […]
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Fluoridation plans called mass medication
Ministers were accused of forcing people to take medication without their consent yesterday as the Government moved to push through plans to add fluoride to drinking water. The Tories, who allowed their MPs a free vote on the measures to make it easier to fluoridate water last night, said that they were unhappy about the […]
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We should let the people decide on fluoride issue
OUR dentists would love it, but there are seemingly thousands out there who are fundamentally opposed to the fluoridation of our water supplies. The state of children’s teeth in Wales is lamentable, with levels of decay among the highest in Britain. For the sake of our youngsters, many say, we must add fluoride to our […]
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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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Fluoride: Give People A Right To Choose
The issue may have been around for years, but the strength of feeling on both sides of the argument shows no sign of waning. The mere mention of fluoridation leads to a huge outpouring of public reaction, with both sides firmly entrenched. While the anti-fluoride campaigners see the plans as an entirely unacceptable infringement of […]
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BBC. Fluoridation: Head to head
MPs are debating whether health authorities and local communities should be able to sanction the addition of fluoride to the water supply. Here two experts on either side of the argument explain the issues to be debated to BBC News Online. Professor Liz Kay is scientific advisor to the British Dental Association. “All the scientific […]
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