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Letters to the Editor: Let us come clean on water fluoridation
As a member of the Medical Research Council’s working group on fluoridation, I strongly support the minister, Hazel Blears, when she said: “There is nothing in (the MRC’s) report to suggest any reason why water fluoridation should not be considered as a public health measure in areas where dental health remains a serious problem.” The […]
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Scots sink teeth into fluoride plan
PLANS to add fluoride to Scotland’s drinking water seem certain to be scrapped after they sparked a massive backlash from the public. More than 7,500 Scots have complained in writing to the Scottish Executive about the plans for compulsory fluoridation, making it the biggest such protest since the Section 28 debate. Ministers and leading health […]
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Greens Will Lead Fight Against Blair Mass Medication Plans
The Green Party today signalled its readiness to play a leading role in opposing government plans to fluoridate water across the whole of Britain. Commenting on information leaked to today’s Sunday Times, Green Party health spokesperson Martyn Shrewsbury said today: “The general trend in the world is against fluoridation. It’s quite incredible that Tony Blair […]
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Fluoride Plan Raises Alarm
Campaigners for pure water today called on families in Staffordshire to mobilise opposition to new plans to speed up fluoridation of drinking supplies. But dentists’ leaders in the north of the county – battling to treat the most decayed teeth in the West Midlands – welcomed the move to press on with the controversial programme […]
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Is fluoride good for our health?
This week, leaked Government papers revealed plans to add fluoride to all drinking water in England and Wales. Although the addition of fluoride to our water has been proved to reduce tooth decay, it is controversial – fluoride may also be linked to increased risks of osteoporosis, kidney problems, and even cancer, and some say […]
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Revealed: Secret plan for fluoride in all water
MINISTERS are planning to allow fluoride to be added to all drinking water in England and Wales despite continuing concerns about the long-term health risks, leaked cabinet papers have revealed. They have ordered the controversial move because they believe it is the best way of reducing tooth decay among children from “deprived” areas. Only about […]
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Fluoride in water set to spread
Health authorities are to get powers to increase the fluoridation of drinking water in England and Wales, despite widespread opposition. The plans were revealed in a government letter leaked to The Sunday Times, which said people opposed to fluoride could use water filters or buy bottled drinking water. Only about 11 per cent of the […]
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Leave Water Alone
For decades a debate has raged about putting fluoride into Britain’s water supplies. Dentists say there are proven benefits in reducing tooth decay among children, giving them healthier teeth for the rest of their lives. Some experts warn, however, of possible links with bone cancer, stomach complaints and even birth defects. Underlying that debate has […]
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Millions more to have fluoride added to water
Fluoridation of Britain’s drinking water could be extended to millions of extra consumers under plans being drawn up by the Government. The move is being considered as a way of cutting the high rates of tooth decay among children in deprived neighbourhoods. But campaigners opposed to it say too much fluoride can cause teeth to […]
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Thousands say no to fluoride in Scotland’s water
Opposition to the adding of fluoride to Scotland’s water is overwhelming, it emerged yesterday. Thousands have raised objections to any move by the Scottish Executive to introduce what has been described as mass medication. The possible introduction of fluoride into the water supply resulted in an almost unprecedented response to an executive consultation exercise, with […]
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