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Right to be angry about poison in the water
People are right to be angry about plans to fluoridate water supplies (News, last week). Under the European Convention on Human Rights and Medicine, a patient must give consent to medication, and be free to withdraw consent at any time. Fluoridation destroys that right. Evidence around the world suggests fluoridation does not reduce tooth decay, […]
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A choice is essential over fluoride
THE timing of the release of a new study by the British Dental Association showing East Lancashire at the top of a ‘list of shame’ in child tooth decay is of course no accident. It is meant to add strength to the case for the fluoridation of water supplies ahead of Monday’s crucial debate by […]
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PR rot continues in UK
Almost predictably the British Dental Association released its PR salvo today – leaving little time for response, before the crucial vote in the House of Commons on Monday (September 8). The BDA distributed what they characterized as a “league of shame” of tooth decay in unfluoridated communities, which they claim sharply differs from tooth decay […]
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Drinking problems
Fluoridation, despite being hailed by the dental and medical professions as the “magic bullet”‚ in its arsenal in the fight against tooth decay, continues to be one of the most controversial medical issues of the past 50 years. Since the first UK fluoridation schemes were introduced in the 1960s, the documented dental benefits have been […]
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Fluoridation Controversy Heats Up in England
A Leading West scientist is heading a nationwide campaign to block Government plans to add potentially harmful chemicals to the country’s water supplies, it was revealed last night. Chemist Dr Jenny Duckworth says the health of the nation could be put at risk if companies are allowed to press ahead with plans to add fluoride […]
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Opposition Gears Up to Fight Fluoridation
Government moves that could lead to fluoridation of most or all of the UK’s drinking water supplies are being fought by local authorities nationwide. The row will erupt in the Commons today when MPs take part in the Second Reading of the Water Bill. Peers voted in favour of smoothing the way for water companies […]
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Greens bare teeth over fluoridation ‘through back door’ fears
STORMONT Health Minister, Angela Smith, is at the centre of a row over claims fluoridation could be reintroduced in Ulster. Environmentalists and consumer groups, who argue that fluoridated water has links to cancer, Down’s syndrome, and brittle bones, have accused the Government of having a “hidden agenda” on the controversy. Fluoridation was abandoned here, in […]
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Anger at plan to add fluoride to water supplies for 13m
Fluoride could be added to the drinking water of another 13 million people by next summer under plans by Ministers to supply major cities with the chemical. A new amendment to forthcoming legislation will force water companies to add fluoride to water supplies, smoothing the way for the largest extension of fluoridation for almost 50 […]
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Green Party Urges Protest At Mass Fluoridation Plan
Swansea residents will be urged to stop paying their water rates if the Government presses ahead with plans to add fluoride to drinking water. That was the warning from the city’s Green Party if controversial plans to allow the mass fluoridation of water are given the go-ahead in the House of Commons next month. Mount […]
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Fluoride in water a health risk to babies, say Greens
FLUORIDATED water could pose a significant health risk to babies, campaigners warn today as the debate about the future of the nation’s drinking water intensifies. Organisations opposed to the compulsory fluoridation of drinking water believe more should be done to prevent children eating too much sugar instead of forcing medication on an unwilling nation. And […]
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