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4:03pm Thursday 23rd October 2008
HAMPSHIRE health chiefs have backed plans to fluoridate the water supplies of some of its residents in a bid to improve dental health in Southampton.
The county's primary care trust board has agreed to support the controversial initiative, which would see 36,000 people in Eastleigh, Totton and Netley receive fluoridated water.
Southampton City PCT has proposed the scheme for two-thirds of city residents in a bid to improve a poor record on tooth decay in five-year-olds.
Campaigners opposed to the scheme argue it is not proven to work, and carries the risk of side effects including mottled teeth, cancers and brittle bones.
Hampshire PCT board members accepted the public health benefits of the scheme, but want the body overseeing the ongoing public consultation to ensure the views of non-city residents are taken into account.
They will now be sending a formal response to South Central Strategic Health Authority, which will be making a final decision on fluoridation in February.
damien thorn, west end says...
5:05pm Thu 23 Oct 08
baz1, southampton says...
5:31pm Thu 23 Oct 08
nitpicker, Dublin says...
5:50pm Thu 23 Oct 08
wattstyrant1, southampton says...
6:02pm Thu 23 Oct 08
Shazza (the genuine article, not an imposter), says...
6:30pm Thu 23 Oct 08
goard, Southampton says...
6:50pm Thu 23 Oct 08
ju_ju68, eastleigh says...
7:45pm Thu 23 Oct 08
goard wrote:As far as I know the only way to remove floride from drinking water is by reverse osmosis, you can have a filter fitted in your home for drinking water, but they are quite pricy.
If we care then perhaps there will be something we can put through a filter - can anyone suggest a possible antedote? goard
work-on, waltham chase says...
8:16pm Thu 23 Oct 08
Rob444, Southampton says...
8:27pm Thu 23 Oct 08
southy, redbridge says...
10:07pm Thu 23 Oct 08
Sheitma Pance, Morten harkett says...
10:25pm Thu 23 Oct 08
Sheitma Pance, Morten harkett says...
10:27pm Thu 23 Oct 08
southy, redbridge says...
10:32pm Thu 23 Oct 08
southy, redbridge says...
12:15am Fri 24 Oct 08
Andre, says...
12:40am Fri 24 Oct 08
Adrian Smith, Planet Earth says...
5:19am Fri 24 Oct 08
Sheitma Pance wrote:I wonder if any terrorists reading this are planning to inject something extra? Do we have Police guarding our water supplies yet?
Boiling your tap water will actually CONCENTRATE the fluoride. The only cost effective way of removing flouride from tap water is a "reverse osmosis filter" (The cheapest I have seen was around £160 installed by a Company advertising on Southampton Gumtree website) The equipment to inject flouride into our water supplies has ALREADY been installed at the water stations and was done earlier this year!
haf, Cadnam says...
9:01am Fri 24 Oct 08
Rob444, Southampton says...
12:01pm Fri 24 Oct 08
Rob444, Southampton says...
12:20pm Fri 24 Oct 08
southy wrote:Good thinking, southy. This one more aspect of this ill conceived plan.
just a though Sheitma Pance if it gets concentrated when boiled then when you boil food then this is going to be concentrated into the food we going to eat.
Logres, Southampton says...
6:34pm Sun 26 Oct 08
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sainthappy, says...
4:57pm Thu 23 Oct 08