…because of the campaign against the scheme in Hampshire.

Health bosses have postponed a consultation on a scheme to fluoridate parts of the north-west to wait for the results of a legal challenge against the decision to add the chemical to water supplies in and around Southampton.

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A WELSH campaign to scrap VAT on fluoride toothpaste has won the backing of First Minister Rhodri Morgan. It is hoped that the Welsh Assembly Government will now put pressure on Chancellor Alistair Darling to remove the 17.5% tax.

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THE Green Party is campaigning against the addition of flouride to water supplies and is the only party pledging to prevent it from happening.

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CONTROVERSIAL plans to add flouride to Southampton’s water supply have been condemned by a green MEP.

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Health Secretary Alan Johnson has called for fluoride to be added to England’s water supplies in the hope of reducing tooth decay among some of society’s poorest and most vulnerable.

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I understand that Margie Taylor, Scotland’s chief dental officer, believes that adding fluoride to the water supply would be “beneficial and effective” in improving the country’s poor oral health record.

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ONE of the most controversial issues in Andover’s history could be about to hit the headlines once again after health minister Alan Johnson called for fluoride to be added to England’s public water supply.

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NOW Alan Johnson has announced that he is prepared to pour £42million of NHS money down the drain by financing new fluoridation schemes Cumbrian residents who are not currently fluoridated may find they will soon be receiving hexafluorosilic acid, a by product of the fertiliser industry, in their water.

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You’ll find fluoride in tea, beer and fish, which might sound like a balanced diet to you. But this week Alan Johnson announced a new push for putting it in our drinking water, with some very grand promises – and in the face of serious opposition.

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Investigations are under way into the cost of adding fluoride into drinking water in central Lancashire.

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