Posts Tagged ‘fluoride potentially harmful’
Millions could have fluoridated water in the future
Millions of people could have fluoride added to their ware, following a court ruling that gave a local health authority the right to proceed with fluoridation, despite public outcry. With the backing of the local council and two thirds of local residents, a mother from Southampton appealed against the South Central Strategic Health Authority’s decision […]
Judge backs Southampton fluoridation scheme
Plans to add fluoride to the water supply in Southampton have been backed by a High Court Judge, despite public anger. Mr Justice Holman has rejected a challenge to the planned fluoridation scheme and refused to carry out a judicial review of the decision making process. Southampton grandmother Geraldine Milner had taken the case to […]
Calgary council vote against fluoridation
Calgary’s water supplies could be fluoride free after the council voted in favour of stopping water fluoridation. Alderman voted 10 to 3 to stop fluoridation on Tuesday. Fluoridation has become a subject of great debate in the area and several meetings have become heated; initially, the plan was to have a public vote on the […]
Cheshire fluoride controversy
Should fluoride be introduced to the water supply in Cheshire? That is the question bedeviling public health bosses in the County. Crewe, erroneously identified as falling under the ambit of the West Cheshire health authority, is the only town in the county to have fluoridated water which is currently supplied to 4,700 of its inhabitants. […]
High Court to decide on Southampton water fluoridation
The issue of fluoridation in Southampton will now go before the High Court. In 2009, the South Central Strategic Health Authority made the decision to add fluoride to the water supply in Southampton; the SCSHA took the decision on the grounds that adding fluoride would help to improve standards of oral health in the area. […]
Council members support removal of fluoride in Calgary
The majority of city council members in Calgary are supporting a motion to remove fluoride from water supplies in the area, it has been revealed. Alderman Druh Farrell launched the motion, which will go to council next Monday; she claims that her motion has the support of at least eight of her colleagues in the […]
Plans for water fluoridation revealed in Bellingen Shire
Fluoride will be added to the water supply in Bellingen Shire, New South Wales, from today, it has been announced. Local residents have received a letter this week to inform them of the plans to start water fluoridation in the area; the letter contains information about the fluoride programme and a booklet outlining the reasons […]
Fluoride debate rages on
In light of the recent news that residents in a Canadian town have voted in favour of stopping the fluoridation of water supplies, the debate surrounding fluoridation has become increasingly fervent. For many years dental organisations, such as The British Dental Health Foundation, have promoted fluoride as a means of reducing decay; according to the […]
Council vote in favour of fluoridated water
Councillors in Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, have voted in favour of building a system to add fluoride to the water supply. Watsonville will become the first town in the county to benefit from fluoridated water supplies after councillors voted 4 to 3 in favour of the new water system; the vote took place last night […]
