Gidley backs calls for a vote on fluoride

10:40am Monday 29th June 2009

The people should have the final say. That is the message from a Hampshire MP backing calls for the public to be given a vote on plans to fluoridate Hampshire tap water.

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Daily Echo backs calls for a referendum on fluoride issue

3:10pm Saturday 27th June 2009

GIVE us a vote. The Daily Echo today backs calls for a referendum on controversial plans to fluoridate Hampshire’s tap water.

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MPs’ anger over fluoride decision

9:10am Friday 26th June 2009

TWO Hampshire MPs have reacted angrily to the Government’s decision to ignore a 15,300-signature petition from anti-fluoride protesters.

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Anger as MPs say no to fluoride review

2:50pm Thursday 25th June 2009

IT was a plea from 15,000 residents – but one that looks set to be ignored.

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Southampton's fluoride row goes to Number 10

9:24am Wednesday 10th June 2009

THEY feel their views have been ignored and so wanted to make their voices heard where it matters most.

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Fluoride campaigners converge on Downing Street

1:25pm Tuesday 9th June 2009

CAMPAIGNERS fighting plans to add fluoride to Hampshire's tap water today delivered their views to the Prime Minister.

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Fluoride should be put on hold, says MP

8:39am Tuesday 9th June 2009

JOHN DENHAM has called on health bosses to put on hold controversial plans to add fluoride to Hampshire’s water supply.

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Fluoride fear after chemical blunder

7:50am Thursday 21st May 2009

FEARS have been raised over the safety of adding fluoride to Hampshire’s water, after an accident in Australia left residents drinking supplies containing 20 times their normal maximum dose.

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Fluoride campaigners take battle to No. 10

4:59pm Friday 15th May 2009

THEY’RE going right to the top.

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Anti-fluoride petition grows to almost 9,000

7:10am Monday 11th May 2009

NEARLY 9,000 people have now signed a petition against fluoride being added to the tap water of thousands of homes across Hampshire.

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Left out of the consultation

5:07pm Friday 17th April 2009

THERE is no mention of Bassett being included in the scheme in the glossy booklet the SHA produced to help residents make their minds up on fluoridation.

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Thousands sign fluoride petition

7:10am Saturday 11th April 2009

MORE than 3,000 people have already signed a petition calling for plans to fluoridate Hampshire’s water to be overturned.

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Anti-fluoride group looks for support at public meeting

1:06pm Friday 3rd April 2009

ANTI-fluoride campaigners will step up their fight against plans to add the chemical to Southampton’s tap water at a public meeting tomorrow.

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Fluoride fighters start battle fund

7:52am Tuesday 24th March 2009

CAMPAIGNERS have launched a fighting fund to help take their bid to stop fluoride being added to Hampshire’s tap water to the courts.

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Fluoridation plan praised

9:57am Tuesday 10th March 2009

THE controversial decision to fluoridate Southampton’s water has finally received glowing praise – from a national association of dentists and doctors.

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Residents threaten to withhold payment in fluoridation row

2:40pm Wednesday 4th March 2009

SCORES of Hampshire residents say they will not pay their water bills if fluoride is added to their supplies.

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Tempers flare as health chiefs give the green light to fluoride

11:18am Friday 27th February 2009

After months of fierce debate, controversial plans to add fluoride to tap water in south Hampshire are approved

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