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• ‘Health chiefs should resign over fluoride’

  CAMPAIGNERS are calling for health chiefs to quit over plans to add fluoride to Southampton’s tap water. Protesters who claim fluoridated water harms people’s health are stepping up their fight against the move. Southampton City Primary Care Trust (PCT) supports water fluoridation and is awaiting the results of investigations into its practicalities. As reported in […]

• Call to put fluoride into Lancashire county’s water

  Health chiefs want to put fluoride into drinking water in central Lancashire. Youngsters in Preston have some of the most rotten teeth in the country and more than half of five-year-olds in the city have had experience of tooth decay. Now dental health specialists want to reduce overall levels of cavities by supporting the introduction […]

• 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, […]

• Doctors’ leaders step up Wales fluoride campaign

  DOCTORS’ leaders in Wales yesterday stepped up a campaign for fluoride to be added to water supplies to combat tooth decay. It followed a call by Westminster health secretary Alan Johnson for fluoride to be added to more water supplies in England. Welsh secretary of the British Medical Association Dr Richard Lewis said the doctors’ […]

• Fluoride ‘poison’ says Wear MP

  The debate over adding fluoride to Sunderland’s drinking water has been reignited after Health Secretary Alan Johnson said it could help fight tooth decay among children. Mr Johnson wants a national discussion on whether to put fluoride into water supplies, saying it could give a “dental health boost that could last a lifetime”. Fluoride is […]

• Greater Manchester: Bid to put fluoride in water

  FOUR schemes for adding fluoride to tap water across Greater Manchester are being considered. Health bosses have asked United Utilities to price up four options for the highly controversial scheme to improve the region’s terrible dental health. They argue adding fluoride to the water supply could help improve dental health – it strengthens tooth enamel. […]

• AM calls for Wales to sink its teeth into fluoride issue

  THE time has come – once again – for Wales to decide whether fluoride should be added to the water supply, a politician has said. A Labour AM has called for a national debate on the controversial issue, which has the potential to divide the nation. Fluoride was last added to the water supply in […]

• Bolton to have referendum on fluoride

  THE announcement of a referendum as to whether or not fluoride should be added to the town’s water is not before time. It is a serious issue that could affect the future health of Bolton’s residents and whether or not such a move will be of benefit is not clear cut. What is clear is […]

• East Lancashire: Fluoride in tap water sparks angry debate

  POOR dental health and deprivation across Burnley and Pendle is forcing NHS chiefs to look into increasing the level of fluoride in the public’s water supply. However, this has sparked debate among campaigners who consider fluoride a toxic chemical linked to osteoporosis and cancer. Health bosses say there is an obvious link with tooth decay […]

• 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 […]