Archive for the ‘The Fluoride debate’ Category

Dentist says ‘fluoridation’ will help deprived kids

Friday, March 18th, 2011

New research released this week indicates children’s dental health in Wales suffers as a result of their deprived background.

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Millions could have fluoride added to water

Monday, February 14th, 2011

Millions more people could have fluoride added to their water after a court ruled that a health authority was within its rights to force the measure on residents.

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Judge gives go-ahead to add fluoride to city’s tap water supply – despite overwhelming public opposition

Saturday, February 12th, 2011

Plans to add fluoride to tap water in a major city were endorsed by a judge yesterday despite overwhelming public opposition.

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Go-ahead for fluoride in tap water

Friday, February 11th, 2011

High court rejects complaint by Southampton resident and rules fluoride can be added to water there.

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‘I don’t want to be a fluoride guinea pig’

Friday, February 11th, 2011

Geraldine Milner was so incensed when her health authority pushed ahead with plans to put fluoride in Southampton’s tap water despite local opposition she fought the decision in the High Court.

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Court rejects fluoride challenge

Friday, February 11th, 2011

A local health authority’s plans for the fluoridation of a city’s tap water was not unlawful, the High Court ruled today.

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Anti-fluoride campaigners take to High Court

Wednesday, January 19th, 2011

Campaigners have mounted a High Court bid to prevent fluoride being added to their water without their consent because they are concerned over its health consequences.

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City resident challenges fluoridation bid

Wednesday, January 19th, 2011

A health authority was accused in the High Court today of unlawfully attempting to force through the fluoridation of a city’s tap water.

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Gordon Brown dodges fluoride question

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

Prime Minister Gordon Brown dodged the issue of fluoridation of Southampton’s tap water when he visited the city on his campaign trail this week.

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Test chemicals in fluoride, demand protesters

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

The anti-fluoride lobby is calling for fluoride to be licensed as a medicine in another bid to ban it from the nation’s tap water.

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