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Southampton council leader promises fluoride referendum
THE public will decide on fluoride. That is among the pledges of the new man at the helm of Southampton City Council. Personally, Cllr Simon Letts is in favour of adding the chemical to the tap water of 200,000 people in the city and surrounding areas in a bid to improve the health of children’s [...]
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Southampton. Fluoride in water: protesters plan new legal battle
CAMPAIGNERS against water fluoridation in Hampshire are planning a fresh legal battle in the courts, the Daily Echo can reveal. In the latest salvo of their long running battle, Hampshire Against Fluoridation (HAF) claim they have found a loophole which could block plans to add fluoride to tap water. Despite losing a legal challenge last [...]
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Southampton. Fluoride in water: the fight to stop it goes on
Angry anti-fluoride protestors have taken to the streets of Southampton and vowed to step up their fight. Yesterday more than a hundred people made their message loud and clear as they waved placards and shouted ‘no’ to water fluoridation. Demonstrators gathered outside the Guildhall Square in Southampton as part of their long running battle against [...]
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Southampton. VIDEO: Demonstrators protest against fluoride in water
WAVING placards and shouting their slogans, more than a hundred people made their message loud and clear: no to water fluoridation. Demonstrators were gathering outside the Guildhall Square in Southampton this afternoon as part of their long running battle against plans to add the chemical to drinking water in Southampton, Eastleigh, Totton, Netley and Rownhams. [...]
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Southampton: Demonstration to put pressure on council over fluoridating water
CAMPAIGNERS fighting against plans to put fluoride in Hampshire’s water supplies are turning up the pressure on council chiefs to axe the project. Hampshire Against Fluoridation will hold a demonstration outside Southampton City Council offices in the Civic Centre tomorrow at 12.30pm. Since the Southern Health Authority was scrapped at the end of March, Public [...]
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Southampton: Explain fluoride decision
ON APRIL 16, I had an an open letter published in the Daily Echo, asking the newly formed body Public Health England to respond, explaining how they arrived at the decision to continue with the scheme to mass medicate the local population with fluoride in our tap water. Bearing in mind the importance of this [...]
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Water fluoridation back under consideration
Northern Ireland’s Health Minister Edwin Poots is reportedly considering fluoridating the water supply in order to improve the population’s oral health. Water fluoridation ensures the delivery of fluoride to less affluent areas of society and can help reduce the prevalence of dental disease, although opponents of the scheme debate its value. As reported by the [...]
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Southampton: Public Health England to go ahead with fluoride plans in thousands of Hampshire homes
Fluoride will be added to tap water in thousands of Hampshire homes – unless the scheme’s opponents find a last-ditch solution. Despite the demise of the organisation which voted through the controversial scheme, its successor Public Health England says it will carry out fluoridation affecting about 200,000 people. Its opponents, including local councils, are currently [...]
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Fluoridation in Southampton homes: is plan now dead in the water?
IT was the most controversial decision South Central Strategic Health Authority ever made. But the organisation that unanimously voted to add fluoride to the tap water of thousands of Hampshire homes has not lasted long enough to see it become reality. As of Monday, it will no longer exist. But although fluoridation has still not [...]
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Wales: Fluoridation is key to improving nation’s dental health, says expert
The Welsh Government’s failure to fluoridate water supplies brings into question its commitment to improving the dental health of the nation, according to the chairman of its advisory body. The Welsh Dental Committee, which advises the Welsh Government on oral health matters, was one of a number of leading health organisations and experts whose call [...]
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