City to be forced to add fluoride to tap water
28 October 2009
Fluoride can be added to tap water in Southampton after health bosses unanimously voted through the plans despite protests.There were widespread protests against the implementation with 72% of 10,000 residents opposing the plan. The new laws designed to introduce fluoridation are being pushed through by the South Strategic Health Authority (SCSHA) rather than the water companies.
“ I think it is absolutely disgraceful, they have refused to listen to all the evidence we have given them. They have ignored the will of the people - 72% didn't want it and yet they still are going to do it. It is deeply unethical.
"We think it's illegal and are thinking what we do next, maybe taking it to the courts in Europe." John Spottiswoode, Hampshire Against Fluoridation.
“For years ministers have wanted to see fluoridation expanded beyond the areas currently covered by natural and artificial schemes. But water companies were reluctant to fluoridate for fear of being sued and did not want responsibility for public health decisions. So the government brought in new legislation in 2003 to give the 28 strategic health authorities, rather than the water companies, the final say over whether fluoride should be added to the supply.” Philip Johnston: (Daily Telegraph February 26th 2009). In effect, this meant that water companies (protected by the law) can now be ordered by the health authorities to add fluoride to the water supply. Public consultation is a requirement but as the outcome in Southampton has shown, it is ineffective.
Fluoride is a known toxin and John Spottiswoode has expressed his concern over the right of the authorities to mass fluoridate drinking water with a known poison. So passionate is he about this that he has decided to stand for Parliament in the next General Election in a bid to halt the SCSHA going ahead with their plans. The vote will be based on a referendum on fluoridation supported by the Green Party.
Mr Spottiswoode will be standing against Mr John Denham, Labour MP and the Government’s Communities Secretary , who has consistently supported the SCSHA’s decision although has more recently said that although he agrees in principle, decisions should not be made until it has the public’s backing.
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