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• Editorial: Fluoride? In the water?

  The state Legislature is debating a plan to mandate fluoridated water in Washoe County, which has brought out a paranoid libertarian streak in some people. On Monday a Senate committee heard testimony about adding fluoride to the water, with public health advocates and dentists noting that the naturally occurring element helps prevent tooth decay. They […]

• Southampton: First shot fired in the fluoride war as ‘drop ins’ labelled ‘a sham’

  HEALTH chiefs are urging residents and workers in those areas that could be set to receive fluoridated water to make the most of a series of drop-in events being held during the official public consultation period. The sessions, which begin in Bitterne on September 18, will give people the opportunity to talk to experts, and […]

• Southampton: Will you get fluoride?

  The Daily Echo can today reveal the areas inside and outside Southampton that would receive mass-medicated water if city health chiefs get their way. (See today’s Daily Echo to see the areas affected). About two-thirds of people within the city boundaries are set to be given topped-up levels of fluoride in a bid to improve […]

• Bolton: Talks planned over fluoride in water

  A CONSULTATION on whether fluoride should be added to the water supply in Bolton could be held as early as next year. A report compiled by the Fluoride Evaluation Group is being sent to each of the North-west’s 24 primary care trusts. It outlines four possible schemes — costing between £35 million and £102 million […]

• Southampton: Fluoride book to be changed after criticism

  HEALTH chiefs have admitted that information due to be given to the public about fluoridating water supplies was unfairly balanced in favour of the scheme. An education booklet containing arguments for and against the plan to put fluoride in tap water will now be changed after criticism it was biased. Anti-fluoridation campaigners have already accused […]

• Southampton: Opponents set for fluoride face-off

  THEY have been having their say for months, but campaigners from both sides of the fluoride divide are now going head to head in a series of public debates. Residents and those who work in parts of Southampton, Eastleigh, Totton and Netley where fluoride could be added to water supplies, will get the chance to […]

• Cumbria: Controversial fluoride vote planned

  HEALTH bosses in Cumbria are to vote this week on whether to support the controversial addition of fluoride to more of the county’s water supplies. Already around 130,000 people in West Cumbria receive fluoridated water, but this could be extended to other areas if NHS Northwest approves the move. The board of Cumbria Primary Care […]

• Cape Fear: “Stop Fluoride” group holds kick-off meeting

  It started small, but a group of activists on Thursday began an effort to convince the public and, eventually, the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority to stop putting fluoride in drinking water. While fluoride has been inserted into drinking water for decades, it has always courted controversy and concerns that people are being medicated with […]

• Southampton: The fluoride debate

  Today the Daily Echo launches the great Southampton fluoride debate. It comes after the first steps towards adding fluoride to the city’s drinking water were agreed by health bosses. They have decided to launch a £178,000 public consultation on whether to go ahead with the hugely-controversial proposal. Those who support the plan claim it would […]

• Southampton: Make sure you have your say on fluoride

  IT’S one of the most contentious issues to hit Southampton in years – and you haven’t been slow to voice your opinions. To fluoride or not to fluoride – that is the controversial question that has had Daily Echo readers voting in their thousands. Votes are still coming thick and fast as residents have their […]