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Southampton's fluroide plan gets backing from health bosses
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.
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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
C). Is it any wonder that fluoridation of drinking water has long been wholly discredited in the rest of the EU.
wattstyrant1, southampton says...
6:02pm Thu 23 Oct 08
Shazza (the genuine article, not an imposter), says...
6:30pm Thu 23 Oct 08
ANOTHER STORM IN A TEACUP FROM THE DE ONLINE FAITHFUL.
I CAN GUARANTEE THAT IN A YEARS TIME NO-ONE WILL REMEMBER OR CARE!!
goard, Southampton says...
6:50pm Thu 23 Oct 08
goard
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
They always have, ever since the gov. announced their policy on it.
The fact remains that the vast majority of people who have commented via the Echo site are against the idea, on ethical and health grounds.
Non-payment of water bills will have little effect on the council/health authority and most of us believe in paying bills, although I know some people who haven't paid a water bill since privatisation, in protest against the selling off of our publicly owned water co.
I believe that if this barmy idea is implemented, it may well lead to direct action. Perhaps there could be some protection against mass medication under the EU Human Rights law. Does anyone know the legal situation regarding our rights to unadulterated tap water?
Bottled water would work out expensive and a great inconvenience.
southy, redbridge says...
10:07pm Thu 23 Oct 08
you could try to boil the water before drinking i belive fluosilicic acid has a lower vaporize point when mix with water but it some thing you have to check on.another way is to sink your own well in your garden if you got one.
Sheitma Pance, Morten harkett says...
10:25pm Thu 23 Oct 08
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!
Sheitma Pance, Morten harkett says...
10:27pm Thu 23 Oct 08
"southampton gumtree fluoride"
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
They must be getting paid handsomely for this!!
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
for Southampton?
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Rob444, Southampton says...
12:01pm Fri 24 Oct 08
This sounds promising, although the news item in no longer on-screen, probably to make space for later items. Perhaps it will get a mention on the 18:00 local ITV news (unless it's too controversial for them!).
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.
A bad idea is a bad idea, no matter how it's dressed up by those who want to force their will upon us.
Logres, Southampton says...
6:34pm Sun 26 Oct 08
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