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  • ‘Children pay price for fluoride-free water’

    Title: ‘Children pay price for fluoride[sic]-free water’ Northern Ireland children pay the price for fluoride-free water in extra decayed teeth, the chief nursing officer warned yesterday. The Republic of Ireland uses the chemical in the mains supply and enjoys a better youth dental record, Martin Bradley added. Local politicians rejected the measure over a decade […]

  • 4-year trial using fluoride varnish & toothpaste for 2,400 children will cost £1.7m

    A trial aimed at reducing tooth decay in under fives in Northern Ireland — where £60m a year is spent to treat patients with tooth decay — has been launched. The province has the worst oral health in the UK — a five-year-old from Northern Ireland has on average 2.5 teeth affected by decay, while […]

  • Fluoridation of milk faces strong opposition

    A move to put fluoride in milk and tap water in an attempt to combat tooth decay sparked fury today. The plan is being considered by the Scottish Executive, but opponents promised they would go to court to fight it. Glasgow Baillieston MP Jimmy Wray has campaigned against fluoridation in the past and said: ”We […]

  • Fluoride: A matter of choice

    THERE can be no question that Scotland has one of the worst dental health records in Europe; such is the national predilection for sweets and fizzy drinks that children’s teeth are often ruined before they even reach primary school. Over a quarter of a million teeth are extracted from children every year in Scotland and […]

  • Scottish Greens say No to Fluoridation, Yes to Alternatives

    IN fluoridated Gateshead, dental health is no better than in unfluoridated Liverpool. Similar results have been found in the United States, New Zealand and Canada. Twelve European countries have banned water fluoridation, but this week Mary Mulligan MSP, the Deputy Health Minister, has put forward a consultation document on children’s oral health, which includes a […]

  • Fluoride won’t fight the causes of our shock dental record

    DID you know that nearly 60% of Scots children have tooth decay by the time they are five? By the time they reach their teens, the proportion with rotten teeth is 70%. It is shocking. It is with these statistics in mind that the government’s proposal to add fluoride to the water supply in Scotland […]

  • Scottish Consumer Council urges ministers to scrap ‘risky’ fluoride plan

    Ministers were yesterday urged to scrap plans for the fluoridation of Scotland’s water supplies in favour of ‘less risky’ schemes to cut tooth decay. Watchdog body the Scottish Consumer Council (SCC) warned that pressing ahead with the proposals could expose the public to ‘adverse health effects’. The Scottish Executive is currently carrying out a consultation […]

  • 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 […]

  • We are right to be suspicious of fluoride

    TEETH seem to be different from other parts of the human body, at least in terms of their relation to public policy. We have different people, with a different title, who look after them. Everything from lungs to toes to vasa deferentia comes under ‘medicine’, but teeth are the prime targets of those involved in […]

  • Tell Scots the truth about fluoride, say Greens

    Green MSP Robin Harper has made a second plea to the Scottish Executive to come clean on its fluoride policy on the day that Westminster rubber-stamps legislation that could mean most of the UK’s water authorities are forced to put the chemical in their supplies. People in Scotland do not know whether they will be […]