Dentists accuse fluoride opponents of scare-mongering
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- Published: Thursday, 02 April 2015 08:03
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Hull City Council is considering introducing water fluoridation to improve children's teeth. However, a campaign against the plans has been started and protesters are claiming it was "mass medication without consent". Local dentists are appealing to people in Hull to ignore "scaremongering" from campaigners.
Chris Groombridge, secretary of the Hull and East Riding Local Dental Committee (LDC), said: "To listen to the anti-brigade, you would think that virtually every illness in the world could be attributed to drinking one part of fluoride per million parts of water, which is the tiny concentration you find in fluoridated water. Well-conducted studies have found no credible evidence of harm to people's health.
“It should also be remembered that many places have the same level of fluoride in their water thanks to Mother Nature, including Hartlepool. We appeal to people not to let the scaremongers stop the city council from consulting them on whether or not we should follow in the footsteps of all these cities by adding a tiny amount of fluoride to water that already contains fluoride." The LDC said three independent reviews on water fluoridation over the past 15 years had shown it can reduce tooth decay in children by up to 50 per cent.
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