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• Fluoride is back in city water

  Fluoride is again being injected into the city of Goldsboro’s water, after city officials received a letter of reassurance from the state health director. Fluoride injections stopped in June after concerns were raised by studies that indicated possible problems with possible lead contamination when fluoride interacted with chloramines in the water. But those concerns were […]

• Southampton: Divided by fluoride

  DEPENDING on who you listen to, fluoride is either a poison or a tried-and-tested cure for an entirely preventable disease. In Southampton, health chiefs want to add it to the water supply of two-thirds of the city’s residents in a bid to improve chronic dental health, particularly in more deprived areas. They say the increasingly […]

• Southampton: Dental expert urges public to debate fluoride

  MAKE sure you have your say. That is the message from Englands top dental adviser to the people of Southampton considering the contentious plans to add fluoride to tap water. Dr Barry Cockroft is visiting the city tonight to speak to dentists about the impact of fluoridation on dental inequalities. Nearly half of all Southampton […]

• Southampton: First meeting of fluoride camps

  THE heads of opposing camps over controversial plans to add fluoride to the water supply of nearly 200,000 Hampshire residents have met for the first time. The meeting comes as preparations step up ahead of the three-month public consultation on the proposals, which will start on September 8. As revealed in the Daily Echo, the […]

• Gastonia: Is there too much fluoride in your drinking water?

  In the battle against tooth decay, fluoride has been one of the government’s biggest swords for 60 years. But the standard practice of adding the compound to public drinking water has come under more scrutiny of late. And several Gaston County municipalities are considering lowering the amount of fluoride they put in their water supplies, […]

• Southampton: Over 25,000 votes cast in fluoride debate

  WE don’t want it. That is the overwhelming message from Daily Echo readers on controversial plans to add fluoride to Southampton’s tap water. More than 25,000 votes were cast by phone, post and online with more than two-thirds against the contentious idea. Our snapshot vote comes ahead of a three month public consultation on the […]

• Southampton: The first fluoride drop-in session has poor response from the public

  Campaigners turned out in force to the first health authority event to inform residents about plans to fluoridate tap water, but there was a disappointing response from the public. A total of 25 anti-fluoride protesters gathered outside the drop-in session at Bitterne Parish Hall, Southampton, handing out leaflets to those going to talk to health […]

• Hampshire: County debates fluoride issue

  THE water fluoridation debate comes to Winchester today (September 25) as Hampshire County Council contributes to the consultation by the South Central Strategic Health Authority. Southampton City Primary Care Trust has launched proposals to add fluoride to drinking supplies in Southampton and South West Hampshire to lower tooth decay rates in children. Hampshire County Council […]

• Revealed: How health chiefs plan to put fluoride in half our water supply to halt tooth decay

  Nearly half our drinking water could have fluoride added to it under a ‘secret’ Government plan. Dental health chiefs want to add the chemical to 40 per cent of England’s water supply to combat high levels of tooth decay. But critics said the ‘mass medication’ of water without the population’s consent was an invasion of […]

• Southampton: No winners yet in fluoride debate

  HEAVYWEIGHTS from both sides of the fluoride argument squared up against each other last night, but neither managed to deliver a knockout blow. Around 150 people turned up for the first of three Question Time-style debates between the opposing sides of the argument surrounding plans to fluoridate two thirds of Southampton’s water supply. Experts including […]