Slaying sacred cows: is it time to pull the plug on water fluoridation?
February 2012
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Critical Public Health
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Stephen Peckham
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22(2):159-177.
Notes
1.There are current proposals to introduce water fluoridation in a number of areas in England including Southampton, Bristol, parts of Yorkshire and the North West. In Southampton, 72% of those consulted opposed the scheme but the SCSHA still voted to go ahead with the scheme on the basis that they felt health benefits outweighed all other considerations. Recent proposals by the new coalition government about substantial NHS reorganisation and the abolition of SHAs and local PCTs and