Anti-fluoride petition grows to almost 9,000 (From Daily Echo)
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Anti-fluoride petition grows to almost 9,000
7:10am Monday 11th May 2009 in
NEARLY 9,000 people have now signed a petition against fluoride being added to the tap water of thousands of homes across Hampshire.
Dozens of new signatures were added at a special drop-in session in Eastleigh.
Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne, prospective Conservative parliamentary candidate for Eastleigh Maria Hutchings and several Eastleigh councillors were among those who signed up on Saturday.
Organisers Hampshire Against Fluoridation are planning to travel to Downing Street early next month to present it to Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Health chiefs plan to add fluoride to the tap water of almost 200,000 Hampshire residents after South Central Strategic Health Authority approved it as a way to improve children’s teeth.
Two-thirds of Southampton will be affected as well as areas of Eastleigh, Totton, Netley and Rownhams.
Comments(14)
haf
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9:09am Mon 11 May 09
Bill
HAF member
Pam W
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10:49am Mon 11 May 09
stuartjebbitt
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11:05am Mon 11 May 09
Big Boy wrote:The logistics of reaching 220,000 households is only within reach of a government funded bodies like the SHA and PCT who can afford to throw away OUR money (£400,000) on a so called 'Consultation'
9,000 out of how many residents (220,000?) not a good tally. 'Dozens of new signatures', not hundreds or thousands the. All a bit pathetic really.
That money could have easily paid for some school dentists to visit the families and areas that need the help - now THATS pathetic!!!
a lost opportunity.
stuartjebbitt
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11:10am Mon 11 May 09
It's living on a diet of cola and parental neglect that causes the problem, not a lack of fluoride.
stuartjebbitt
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11:11am Mon 11 May 09
It's living on a diet of cola and parental neglect that causes the problem, not a lack of fluoride.
Jenjo
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11:40am Mon 11 May 09
S Pance
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1:17pm Mon 11 May 09
It is a FACT that MOST people are in favour of wide scale fluoridisation.
One survey, I believe, put support at just over 90%!
Why should the minority impact on the wishes of the majority?
furtive_vole
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1:28pm Mon 11 May 09
In many cases, poor diet and lifestyle leads both to poor teeth and to other health & social problems. Agree - money would be better spend trying to support 'at risk' families in broader ways.
BTW, S Pance, please let us know the basis of your 'fact'? What survey was this?
We had a maildrop of highly emotive pro-fluoride stuff from the NHS Trust, and it was all over outpatients' at RSH last summer as well. Hardly a level playingfield.
S Pance
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2:12pm Mon 11 May 09
Martin Wellbourne
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4:17pm Mon 11 May 09
S Pance wrote:I think we can safely ignore your facts then.
It could well have been in response to the maildrops, I don't remember, but over 90% of the replies retu rned were in favour of full scale fluoridation.
jwillie6
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4:35pm Mon 11 May 09
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1. Government should not dictate that everyone must take a chemical against their will.
2. It is insanely inefficient with 99.5% of fluoridated water going down the drain in toilets, washing machines, etc., wasting 99.5% of the chemical cost. People only drink 0.5.% of teh water they use. A plan to give away fluoride tablets free would be much, much cheaper.
3. It is not effective in reducing cavities. Most countries in Europe no longer fluoridate water systems. They are 98% fluoride free, yet the World Health Organization reports that nine of those countries have better cavity rates than any fluoridated country. Many other research reports show the same ineffectiveness.
4. The toxic waste chemical, Hydrofluorosilicic Acid, is collected from the smokestacks of companies and sold to communities. It would be very expensive to process such waste, and it is illegal to dump it into our environment. So, over one million tons each year in the U.S. ends up in our environment anyway.
5. The main reason to oppose fluoridation is the very severe health problems it causes, 50% builds up in the bones, brain, and glands. Please read the following article on bone cancer in young boys published in a prestigious scientific journal.
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Another Study Links Fluoride to Bone Cancer
Apr. 29, 2009
NEW YORK, -- Blood fluoride levels were significantly higher in patients with osteosarcoma than in control groups, according to research published in Biological Trace Element Research (April 2009). Osteosarcoma, a rare bone cancer, occurs mostly in children and young adults.
This reinforces a 2006 published Harvard study by Bassin showing a link between water fluoridation and osteosarcoma in young boys.(2)
and
A 1992 New Jersey Department of Health study shows osteosarcoma rates higher among young males in fluoridated vs. unfluoridated regions of New Jersey.(3)
S Pance
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6:14pm Mon 11 May 09
Martin Wellbourne wrote:So that's your solution then? Ignore the FACTS simply because you, the minority, want the majority to do what you say.
S Pance wrote:I think we can safely ignore your facts then.
It could well have been in response to the maildrops, I don't remember, but over 90% of the replies retu rned were in favour of full scale fluoridation.
This isn't communist Russia, you know.
The majority WANT this and want it now.
Fred Fluoride
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10:33pm Mon 11 May 09
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Big Boy says...
8:32am Mon 11 May 09