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A consultation process under the Water Act 2003 was started in September 2008 for a new fluoridation scheme in the Southampton area. It ran until 19th December. There were protests about the biased consultation document produced by South Central Strategic Health Authority, with whom the final decision rested, and some changes were made as a … Read more

This 2nd edition of the British Fluoridation Society-drafted fluoridation document is produced from the same standpoint as its 1994/95 predecessor, and with much the same one-sided approach. It is rather more substantial and heavily referenced than the 1st edition. Like many other documents on water fluoridation it is propaganda dressed up as science. Because much of … Read more

The pro-fluoride authorities say it is a minority who oppose fluoridation. What is the evidence? Some years ago there was a survey of MPs’ views undertaken by the British Fluoridation Society. It reported that 70% of MPs were in favour. In fact, 70% of those who replied to the survey were in favour: less than 50% replied. The 2003 Water Bill to remove … Read more

15 years after the ‘York’ systematic scientific review by the NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination cast serious doubt on the evidence surrounding water fluoridation, a follow-up review by the Cochrane Collaboration published in April 2015 has come to similar conclusions. Cochrane found that fluoridation led to around a 15% increase in children with no … Read more

1. Background. 1.1 The NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination published in September 2000 its Systematic Review of Water Fluoridation (University of York Report 18), having been tasked by Government to answer 5 specific questions following extensive parliamentary questioning about the scientific basis for a policy of fluoridation. A principal finding was the “surprising” weakness of the research … Read more