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• Fluoridation scheme could go England-wide

  Health authorities are to prepare for the extension of mass fluoridation of drinking water to millions of people in a drive to improve dental health, following approval for the first new scheme in England for more than 25 years. Opponents, who consider the scheme mass medication, yesterday failed to stop plans for the small scheme […]

• Hands off our water

  SOUTH Yorkshire pensioner Elizabeth McDonagh is dedicating her golden years to making sure tap water in God’s own county remains heavenly pure. With water companies across the country starting to add fluoride to the supply, the Doncaster 70-year-old fears it’s only a matter of time before Yorkshire Water follows suit. While dentists say fluoride is […]

• HEALTH (FLUORIDATION) AMENDMENT BILL: Comments by DLP Member Peter Kavanagh

  Parliament of Victoria LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL [Pages 78-81] Mr KAVANAGH (Western Victoria) – I would like to explain in some detail why I believe that it is wrong, regardless of the opinions of affected people, to fluoridate new areas of Victoria and therefore why all members should vote for the Health Fluoridation (Amendment) Bill. I will […]

• Fluoride experts go head to head in debate

  EXPERTS went head-to-head as some 120 people packed into the Promenade Methodist Church, on Loch Promenade, Douglas, to hear the arguments for and against fluoridation. The case for each side was presented respectively by Professor Michael Lennon, chairman of the British Fluoridation Society, and Dr Paul Connett, professor emeritus of chemistry at St Lawrence University […]

• Disease in rural China linked to polluted coal

  WASHINGTON, D.C., (Oct. 19, 2010) — In remote, rural areas of southwestern China, villagers cook and dry their clothes by burning pieces of coal they pick up off the ground. This fuel releases a toxin that may be poisoning millions of people, according to an ongoing investigation by chemists at the University at Buffalo in […]

• Is the fluoride in our water really good for our teeth?

  The Government wants 40 per cent of England’s water supply to be fluoridated to reduce high levels of tooth decay. But its critics say it has been linked to conditions such as hypothyrodism (underactive thyroid gland). Here we explain what you should know. Q: What is fluoride? A: A naturally occurring mineral found in water […]

• Watertown: Fluoride supporters unwilling to debate

  In response to the editorial on June 9 regarding fluoride. The simplest way that promoters of fluoridation could demonstrate that their case for fluoridation was strong and scientifically-based would be take on qualified opponents of fluoridation in open public debate. Their refusal to do so speaks volumes on their lack of confidence on the science […]

• Fluoride Lowers IQ, Studies Show

  [Rachel’s introduction: “The Precautionary Principle dictates that fluoride, now shown to alter the brain at low levels, should cease being added to water supplies.”] Dr. Vyvyan Howard, a prominent fetal toxicologist said in a recent Canadian TV interview that current brain/fluoride research convinces him that we should stop water fluoridation. Dr. Howard, President of the […]

• Southampton: Health Chief demands a rethink on fluoride

  A HAMPSHIRE health watchdog is demanding a rethink of the controversial decision to add fluoride to tap water in Southampton and other parts of the county. Now the boss of a top county health committee has written to those behind the scheme calling for it to be scrapped. Councillor Anna McNair Scott, chairman of the […]

• Dr. Mercola announces Fluoride Awareness Week

  During the week of August 8th-13th, Dr. Joseph Mercola is launching “Fluoride Awareness Week,” with in-depth newsletters and interactive articles on various fluoride topics. “In a nearly unprecedented about-face, U.S. health officials recently admitted that Americans are getting too much fluoride, “ said Dr. Mercola, founder of Mercola.com, one of the most popular alternative health […]