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| Fluoridation | | 10:00am Friday 9th May 2008 | | After reading Dr Mortimore's recent letter in the Echo about fluoridation and Professor John Newton's subsequent claim that "the fluoride consultation will be a fair process" and "the opportunity to look at the available facts" will be given to the public, I decided to visit the website (southamptonhealth.nhs.uk/fluoridation) that Dr Mortimore recommended for those seeking more information on the subject. |
| Fluorde would made a big difference to dental health | | 10:00am Friday 9th May 2008 | | Last year Southampton City Primary Care Trust's dental service removed over 3,900 teeth from 700 children under a general anaesthetic to relieve pain and infection caused through tooth decay. |
| Fluoridation benefits misrepresented | | 10:00am Friday 9th May 2008 | | I would like to believe that Prof Newton's assurance (Letters, May 3) that the fluoridation consultation will be a fair process but I doubt it. |
| Why should we have mass-medication? | | 10:00am Friday 9th May 2008 | | MY partner and I read the letter from Dr Andrew Mortimore, public health director of Southampton City Primary Care Trust, condoning fluoridisation for the area and were very upset to read his opinion. |
| Fluoridation would combat tooth decay | | 10:00am Friday 9th May 2008 | | I fully support the topping-up of fluoride in Southampton's drinking water to a level of one part per million in order to improve dental health in all ages, and especially to combat the huge levels of tooth decay in young children. |
| A different fluoride | | 10:00am Friday 9th May 2008 | | DR Andrew Mortimore of Southampton City Primary Care Trust (letters, April 26) tried to persuade readers that the fluoride chemical should be added to local tap water supplies. |
| Dentists support fluoridation | | 10:00am Friday 9th May 2008 | | FLUORIDE is a naturally occurring mineral that has a history of being used to reduce dental caries. |
| No evidence of ill-effects | | 10:00am Friday 9th May 2008 | | I was elected by Hampshire dentists as media representative on the Local Dental Committee. As a practice, we look after over 5,000 patients and I can assure you dental decay is real in all ages, which if left can cause tremendous pain and suffering. |
| Fluoridise and quickly! | | 10:00am Friday 9th May 2008 | | I'M headteacher at the school which has had, for years, dental health statistics amongst the worst in the country. |
| A worthwhile move | | 10:00am Friday 9th May 2008 | | FURTHERr to Dr Andrew Mortimore's letter (April 26) in the Daily Echo, I'd like to express my support for the planned fluoridation of Southampton's water supply. |
| Taxi drivers' dress code | | 10:01am Thursday 8th May 2008 | | I AM vice-chairman of the Southampton Unite/T&G cab section. We have always advocated that taxi drivers should be dressed in appropriate attire. |
| Tories gain | | 10:00am Thursday 8th May 2008 | | At the last General Election, the Labour candidate told people to vote Liberal Democrat in New Forest East and the outcome was a bad result because even then, as people did not want to have Blair as Prime Minister. |
| Run a marathon in aid of charity | | 10:00am Thursday 8th May 2008 | | We, the Meningitis Trust, are looking to fill our guaranteed places for the Bank of America Chicago and Real, - Berlin marathons, both taking place
later this year. These events provide the ideal challenge for people hoping to achieve something impressive before the year is up. |
| E-mail is so much more efficient | | 10:00am Thursday 8th May 2008 | | I NOTE that my local Conservative MP, Dr Julian Lewis, thinks that he and his staff have no need for e-mail, relying on the good old tradition of letter writing (Letters, May 1). |
| Join in Fruity Friday | | 10:00am Thursday 8th May 2008 | | IT is not too late to get involved in
this year's Fruity Friday on May 16. |
| Join in Fruity Friday | | 10:00am Thursday 8th May 2008 | | IT is not too late to get involved in
this year's Fruity Friday on May 16. |
| Join us at charity concert | | 10:00am Thursday 8th May 2008 | | On June 7, long term Meningitis Trust supporter, Martin Hudson will be holding a special charity concert at the Temple Methodist Church, Upper High
Street, Taunton. Somerset. |
| An elected mayor would give us real democracy | | 10:00am Wednesday 7th May 2008 | | THERE is nothing more reassuring than seeing democracy in action. Locally this rag-tag bunch of opportunists, both Liberal Democrat and Labour, were shown the door by Southampton's electorate. But make no mistake; this was not democracy in action. |
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