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  • East Lancs: Fluoride to be added to Burnley’s water supply?

    LEVELS of fluoride in Burnley’s water supply could be increased in a bid to improve the town’s dental health. The controversial move, particularly aimed at socially deprived families, was discussed by health bosses at a meeting of East Lancashire Primary Care Trust Board. Board members heard cases for and against fluoridation and backed a recommendation […]

  • Manchester: Trusts back fluoride plan

    PLANS to add fluoride to the water supply have won initial backing from seven out of 10 Greater Manchester’s health trusts. Manchester, Bury, Trafford, Oldham, Tameside, Stockport and Ashton, Leigh and Wigan primary care trusts have all asked regional health chiefs to produce a fluoridation plan to improve the dental health of thousands of children. […]

  • East Lancs: Debate on fluoride is urged

    Health bosses should have a “full, frank and transparent debate” before deciding whether to put fluoride in water supplies in South Ribble, a panel of councillors has said. The Community Watchdog Scrutiny Committee of South Ribble Council has warned the Central Lancashire Primary Care Trust it must tell the public the pros and cons of […]

  • East Lancs health bosses to consider adding fluoride to water supplies

    HEALTH bosses are set to decide in September whether to back plans to add fluoride to the water supply in East Lancashire. A report by the North West Fluoridation Evaluation Group is calling on all 24 PCTs in the North West to add fluoride into the water supply at a cost of more than £102m. […]

  • Southampton: Fluoride consultation document, branded as “propaganda”

    A LEADING anti-fluoridation campaigner has criticised Southampton’s consultation document, calling it “propaganda”. Dr Paul Connett, the director of Fluoride Action Network and a retired professor of chemistry at St Lawrence University in New York State, claims the booklet produced by South Central Strategic Health Authority (SHA) to tell the public about fluoridation is biased in […]

  • Government Panel Raises Concern About Fluoride

    A panel of the National Academy of Sciences concluded yesterday that the maximum amount of fluoride currently allowed in the nation’s drinking water can cause health problems and “should be lowered.” The report concluded that children exposed to four milligrams of fluoride per liter, the highest allowable level, risk developing severe dental fluorosis, in which […]

  • Southampton, Hampshire: Fluoride campaigner John Spottiswoode in challenge for John Denham’s seat

    HE has led the fight to stop fluoride being added to Hampshire’s water. Now John Spottiswoode is to challenge Government minister John Denham for his place in Parliament. Mr Spottiswoode, chairman of Hampshire Against fluoridation, wants to turn the vote into the referendum on fluoridation that has so far been denied to the 200,000 people […]

  • Upper Hutt: Fluoride network pleased

    A majority decision by the Upper Hutt City Council “to lobby” Greater Wellington to remove fluoride from the region’s water supply has been hailed a major milestone by the Fluoride Action Network. The decision, taken with an unofficially recorded seven to four vote, emerged out of Thursday’s hearing of public submissions to the council’s own […]

  • New Study: Fluoride Can Damage the Brain – Avoid Use in Children

    NEW YORK, June 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — “The prolonged ingestion of fluoride may cause significant damage to health and particularly to the nervous system,” concludes a review of studies by researchers Valdez-Jimenez, et al. published in Neurologia (June 2011), reports New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc. (NYSCOF). The research team reports, “It is […]

  • Swallow fluoride at your own peril – Study shows risks without benefits

    Low-income children who consumed recommended fluoride doses have more fluoride-damaged teeth and high cavity rates, according to research published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, January 2011. Fluoride (hydrofluosilicic acid) is added to U.S. water supplies in a failed effort to reduce tooth decay. However, in Mexico fluoride is added to […]