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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.

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.

Fluoride Debate - In Depth

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.

Fluoride Debate - In Depth

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.

Fluoride Debate - In Depth

Fluoride campaigners take battle to No. 10

4:59pm Friday 15th May 2009

THEY’RE going right to the top.

Fluoride Debate - In Depth

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.

Bid to overturn fluoride ruling

7:10am Sunday 26th April 2009

NEW Forest politicians have launched a bid to overturn the controversial decision to add fluoride to tap water.

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Chance to hear concerns

7:00am Sunday 26th April 2009

OPPONENTS of the fluoridation of Southampton’s water were yesterday giving residents another chance to meet and hear their concerns about the scheme.

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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.

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.

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.

Fluoride Debate - In Depth

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.

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.

Fluoride Debate - In Depth

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.

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

Legal battles now look inevitable as locals express outrage

11:12am Friday 27th February 2009

CAMPAIGNERS have vowed to continue their fight to keep fluoride out of Hampshire’s tap water – and say they will refuse to pay for their water if they fail. With no official appeal procedure against South Central Strategic Health Authority’s decision to back fluoridation for Southampton, opponents are now planning to lodge legal challenges.

‘It’s a good day in Southampton for dental health’

11:13am Friday 27th February 2009

‘It’s a good day in Southampton for dental health’ SOUTHAMPTON’S top health official welcomed the decision to fluoridate two-thirds of the city’s water supply.

Health chiefs say Yes to fluoride in city's water

4:12pm Thursday 26th February 2009

HEALTH chiefs have today backed controversial plans to fluoridate Southampton's tap water.

Anti-fluoride protesters' final stand

1:05pm Thursday 26th February 2009

PROTESTERS were today once again gathered outside Southampton’s St Mary’s Stadium.

Fluoride Debate - In Depth

D-Day for fluoride

6:20am Thursday 26th February 2009

TODAY is the day that a decision is to be finally made on whether to add fluoride to the tap water of around 200,000 Hampshire residents.

Fluoride Debate - In Depth

Agree to pay if fluoride scheme goes wrong

10:10am Monday 23rd February 2009

ANTI-fluoride campaigners have challenged those backing plans to add the chemical to tap water in Southampton and parts of the surrounding area to accept personal liability if it goes wrong.

Fluoride decision is looming for Hampshire

7:10am Sunday 22nd February 2009

The 12 members of the South Central Strategic Health Authority board will next week vote on plans to fluoridate water in parts of Hampshire.

Almost 75 per cent are against fluoride plans

1:07pm Saturday 21st February 2009

THREE-quarters of people who responded to a three-month public consultation on controversial plans to add fluoride to Southampton’s tap water said that they did not want it.

Fluoride – just a month to D-day

10:11am Friday 30th January 2009

THERE is less than a month to go until Southampton finds out if its water is to be fluoridated.

THE GREAT FLUORIDE DEBATE - IN DEPTH

MP is backing Southampton fluoridation plan

9:05am Thursday 29th January 2009

HEALTH Secretary Alan Johnson has backed controversial plans to fluoridate Southampton’s water – revealing that he gave his own children fluoride tablets when they were younger.

Fluoride Debate - In Depth

Great fluoride consultation nears the end

1:10pm Friday 19th December 2008

IT has been one of Hampshire’s biggest ever debates. Tonight, at midnight, the consultation period runs out for plans by health chiefs to add fluoride to the tap water of 200,000 homes across Southampton and parts of Eastleigh, Totton and Netley.

US towns say no to fluoride plan

12:56pm Wednesday 17th December 2008

THERE are just days to go in the great debate about plans to fluoridate Hampshire’s water supplies.

Fluoride Debate - In Depth

Last chance to have your say on fluoride

4:00pm Monday 15th December 2008

HAMPSHIRE residents have just five days left to share their views on the controversial scheme to fluoridate tap water supplies in and around Southampton.

MP says no to fluoridation bid

6:40am Friday 12th December 2008

A HAMPSHIRE MP has added his voice to the campaign against adding fluoride to Southampton’s water supplies.

Fluoride gets green light Down Under

7:10am Thursday 11th December 2008

PCT chiefs hail Queensland decision as reason for support

THE GREAT FLUORIDE DEBATE - IN DEPTH

Rowdy final debate on issue of fluoride

4:12pm Thursday 4th December 2008

THE debate could have run and run.

Over 2,000 to be quizzed on fluoride plans

10:10am Wednesday 3rd December 2008

POLLSTERS have begun phoning 2,000 Hampshire residents as part of an independent survey to gather public opinions on fluoridation.

Fluoride Debate - In Depth

Fluoridation leaflet gives people a say

10:52am Monday 24th November 2008

EVERY home which would receive fluoridated water under a controversial scheme being considered by health chiefs is to be offered the chance to have its say.

Hampshire councillors vote against fluoride plan

2:23pm Thursday 20th November 2008

HAMPSHIRE councillors have voted almost unanimously to oppose plans to add fluoride to water to tackle tooth decay among the young in Southampton.

Health chiefs welcome Southampton's fluoride decision

2:45pm Thursday 20th November 2008

HEALTH chiefs have welcomed the backing of Southampton City Council to proposals to add fluoride to water in the city and surrounding areas.

Fluoride Debate - In Depth

Fluoride in tapwater to ‘give poor kids rich kids’ teeth’

9:49am Thursday 20th November 2008

SOUTHAMPTON'S councillors last night voted to back plans to add fluoride to the city’s water to give thousands of “poor kids rich kids’ teeth”.

Fluoride Debate - In Depth

Fluoride in tap water plans approved by council chiefs

9:20pm Wednesday 19th November 2008

SOUTHAMPTON'S councillors tonight voted to back plans to add fluoride to the city's water to save thousands of kids teeth from decay.

Fluoride Debate - In depth

City councillors urged to back fluoride project

12:39pm Wednesday 19th November 2008

SOUTHAMPTON’S councillors will today debate whether to back plans to save thousands of children’s teeth from decay by fluoridating water at an estimated cost of 32p per tooth.

Former dentist raps fluoridation scheme

1:55pm Monday 10th November 2008

CONTROVERSIAL plans to fluoridate tap water in the Southampton area have come under fire from councillors in the New Forest.

Fluoride Debate - In Depth

Only 2,500 have their say on fluoridation

7:50am Friday 7th November 2008

ONLY 2,500 people have had their say on controversial plans to fluoridate Southampton’s tap water.

Fluoride Debate - In Depth

Panel split on fluoride but votes in favour

9:05am Thursday 30th October 2008

SOUTHAMPTON’S councillors are being urged to back controversial plans to fluoridate the tap water delivered to two thirds of the city’s residents.

THE GREAT FLUORIDE DEBATE - IN DEPTH

Busting open a dental myth?

12:36pm Sunday 26th October 2008

Southampton residents have better access to NHS dentists than they have had in years – but that doesn’t mean plans to fluoridate the city’s water supply should be shelved, says Britain’s top dentist. Jon Reeve reports.

Fluoride Debate - In Depth

No winners yet in fluoride debate

1:01pm Tuesday 21st October 2008

HEAVYWEIGHTS from both sides of the fluoride argument squared up against each other last night, but neither managed to deliver a knockout blow.

Opposing sides to square up in fluoride debate

1:00pm Monday 20th October 2008

AFTER months of sparring, the gloves will finally come off tonight when the supporters and opponents of plans to fluoridate Southampton’s water share the stage.

Fluoride Debate - In Depth

Fluoride - Poor response to drop-in event

7:50am Sunday 19th October 2008

THERE was only a slow trickle of visitors when the Great Fluoride Debate reached Eastleigh.

Your fluoride views will be listened to

11:09am Friday 17th October 2008

First of three Question Time-style debates to be held

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Golden shot at great gnashers

6:40pm Wednesday 8th October 2008

SOUTHAMPTON’S health chiefs have again insisted fluoridation is the only way to combat tooth decay in the city’s youngsters.

Fluoride Debate - In Depth

Public underwhelmed by fluoride roadshow

6:20am Wednesday 1st October 2008

HEALTH chiefs insist they are remaining upbeat despite another disappointing turnout at the latest information roadshow giving people the chance to find out about fluoridation.

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‘A vital chance to cut tooth decay’

9:37am Tuesday 23rd September 2008

Council inquiry hears opening arguments in debate

MORE ON THE GREAT FLUORIDE DEBATE

Fluoridation? World expert says 'It’s an American crackpot idea from the ’50s'

11:03am Monday 22nd September 2008

ONE of the world’s leading experts on fluoride paid a flying visit to Southampton to join in the Great Fluoride Debate.

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