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• Bolton: Decision day draws nearer on fluoride

  THE issue of adding fluoride to Bolton’s water has resurfaced after it emerged the town is one of just three in Greater Manchester yet to make a decision. Health bosses in Bolton have not asked regional health chiefs to produce a fluoridation plan and NHS primary care trusts (PCTs) have until the end of this […]

• Southampton: Opposing sides to square up in fluoride debate

  AFTER months of sparring, the gloves will finally come off tonight when the supporters and opponents of plans to fluoridate Southampton’s water share the stage. Anti-fluoride campaigners will line up alongside health bosses at St Mary’s Stadium for the first of three Question Time-style debates. The free event, which runs from 7pm to 9pm, is […]

• Fluoride – Poor response to drop-in event

  THERE was only a slow trickle of visitors when the Great Fluoride Debate reached Eastleigh. Health chiefs staged the latest in their series of public drop-in events at the town’s Wells Centre. Staff from South Central Strategic Health Authority were joined by anti-fluoride campaigners from the Green Party as Southampton City Primary Care Trust’s proposal […]

• Fluoride debate

  THE call for fluoride to be added to our region’s water is a demand that we have heard many times before. It is a subject just as emotive these days as ever it was with irate opponents e-mailing and bombarding media outlets. The National Pure Water Association calls it a “violation of human rights”, arguing […]

• Your fluoride views will be listened to

  THE first of three Question Time-style events on water fluoridation for Southampton will take place on Monday. As the fluoride debate gathers pace in the city, the public will get a chance to quiz dental professionals, health bosses and anti-fluoride campaigners on the issue. Southampton City Primary Care Trust (PCT) wants to add extra fluoride […]

• Southampton: Fluoride plan gets green light

  CONTROVERSIAL plans to add fluoride to Southampton’s tap water have today taken a major step forward. Health chiefs have agreed to launch a public consultation gauging opinion of the city’s residents on proposals that would see 67 per cent of them receiving fluoridated water. Southampton has one of the poorest records for dental health among […]

• Southampton – Fluoride: You decide

  HEALTH CHIEFS are today one step closer to adding fluoride to Southampton’s tap water supply. They have agreed to launch a £178,000 three-month public consultation into the controversial plan. Those supporting the scheme say that it could be the solution to the city’s poor dental health record. But campaigners have vowed to fight the plan […]

• Wales: Rhodri backs brushing off the VAT on fluoride toothpaste

  A WELSH campaign to scrap VAT on fluoride toothpaste has won the backing of First Minister Rhodri Morgan. It is hoped that the Welsh Assembly Government will now put pressure on Chancellor Alistair Darling to remove the 17.5% tax. Campaigners believe that making fluoride toothpaste cheaper – even if by only a few pence – […]

• Southampton: Public underwhelmed by fluoride roadshow

  HEALTH chiefs insist they are remaining upbeat despite another disappointing turnout at the latest information roadshow giving people the chance to find out about fluoridation. There was only a very slow trickle of residents visiting South Central Strategic Health Authority’s latest drop-in event in Northam, Southampton – the third of nine during the 14-week public […]

• Southampton: Euro MP slams fluoride plans

  CONTROVERSIAL plans to add flouride to Southampton’s water supply have been condemned by a green MEP. Just weeks after Prime Minister Gordon Brown insisted water fluoridation would benefit the city’s residents, Green MEP Dr Caroline Lucas, pictured above right, paid a personal visit to health chiefs to condemn the proposals. In February Health Secretary Alan […]