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Former dentist raps fluoridation scheme
1:55pm Monday 10th November 2008
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CONTROVERSIAL plans to fluoridate tap water in the Southampton area have come under fire from councillors in the New Forest.
More than 8,000 people living in Totton will be among those affected if health chiefs forge ahead with proposals to add extra fluoride to the water supply.
Southampton City Primary Care Trust says the move would combat tooth decay in children, especially in deprived areas.
However, retired dentist Tony Swain criticised the trust at a meeting of New Forest District Council’s health and wellbeing review panel, which agreed that the authority should fight fluoridation.
Cllr Swain, who represents Lymington, said the first community to have fluoride added to its drinking water was Grand Rapids in Michigan, USA.
“That was 60 years ago and we’re still arguing about it,” he said. “If it’s so wonderful why hasn’t it been done everywhere?”
Cllr Swain said people who wanted to guard against dental decay should brush their teeth three times a day and use a fluoride rinse.
He added: “I wouldn’t recommend people to drink a glass of fluoridated water because it wouldn’t do any good at all.
Fluoride has got to go on the teeth.”
Lyndhurst councillor Pat Wyeth warned that there too many “unknowns” surrounding fluoride in drinking water.
Brockenhurst member Maureen Holding added: “Fluoride is a poison. We’re told it can help people in small doses but I’m not sure that it does.”
Members spoke out after studying a report produced by Annie Righton, the council’s head of public health and community safety.
She said: “I’ve worked in public health for 22 years and I don’t think I’ve ever dealt with an issue as controversial as this.”
Panel members agreed to urge the full council to oppose fluoridation.
In a separate debate, members of Totton and Eling Town Council described the scheme as an unwanted form of mass medication.
Former council chairman David Harrison said: “I’m totally opposed to proposals to add fluoride to the water.
“If I had any doubts about the matter they were quickly dispelled by the poor quality of the consultation undertaken by the health authorities.
“Instead of adopting a neutral, listening approach they have been engaging in the worst kind of spin.”
NHS bosses say the scheme would reduce chronic levels of tooth decay among children.
Last year more than 500 Southampton youngsters had to have rotten and diseased teeth taken out under general anaesthetic.
Just 2,500 people have had their say more than halfway through the three-month public consultation period.It is due to run until December 19.
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southy, redbridge says...
4:19pm Mon 10 Nov 08
Jim Schultz, Ormond Beach FL USA says...
6:23pm Mon 10 Nov 08
The claimed thousands of studies and not one yet for the complex chemical brew used in 90% of fluoridation H2SiF6. This is concentrated smokestack pollution scrubber waste from phosphate mines. Florida has many and they also produced up to 75% of the yellowcake uranium with recovery units from the phosphoric acid until 1993 when they started losing money when uranium prices fell. See AWWA b703-06 which is the specification for this complex chemical. It shows more then a full page of toxic contaminates most radioactive never mentioned to the public or the dentists. Floridation is about fraud and deception which is why most scientist EPA unions (19)have asked congress to halt and full investigations. The Headquarters EPA union filed lawsuit in 1986 to end fluoridation. Read it on their own nteu280.org as they have 8 fluoride position papers. fluoridealert.org and waterloowatch.com have both sides of the issue with the science. Many short videos by leading scientists with the science to back it up. Nebraska tried to force mandatory fluoridation with 49 of 61 cities voting strongly to not fluoridated by 2 to 1 often even over 4 to one. The health agencies,and most dentists strongly supported with statements but no hard current science. No sane person would support fluoridation after they read the science which admits zero ingested benefit and ZERO topical benefit proven at 1ppm. Government claims yes but the research shows the very opposite. Kids need dentists and good nutrition not cumulative toxins at uncontrolled dose. See Pizzo 2008 Burt 2007 K.M. Yoder2007 on Pub med.
Rob444, Southampton says...
8:49pm Mon 10 Nov 08
Fluoridation is Labour government policy, so why is the tory run Southampton council going along with it?
The people who water fluoridation is aimed at, i.e. children, do not drink water. So why are the "Powers that be" hell bent on adding this toxin to our water supply?
WE DON'T WANT IT!
Condor Man, Southampton says...
10:02pm Mon 10 Nov 08
fuzabuznuz, Southampton says...
10:08pm Mon 10 Nov 08
southy, redbridge says...
11:38pm Mon 10 Nov 08
Former dentist raps fluoridation scheme
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stuartjebbitt, Eastleigh says...
3:30pm Mon 10 Nov 08
See below:
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