UK -Isle of Man - worst teeth again!
PUBLIC VIEWS SOUGHT ON FLUORIDE
THE public will be asked their views on whether the water supply should be fluoridated, it's been confirmed.Health and Social Security Minister Eddie Teare said the issue would go out for consultation over the next year and revealed, should the go-ahead be given, the cost of introducing a fluoridation scheme would be £150,000. In response to a question from Quintin Gill (Rushen) in Tynwald this week, Mr Teare said the Department of Health and Social Security did not have a policy to fluoridate water but said one may be developed depending on the results of the consultation process.
He promised the consultation would be balanced and assured Mr Gill the public's views would be fully taken into account. The cost of the scheme, should it be introduced, would not be passed on through water rates, Mr Teare confirmed.
In the past, the DHSS's public health directorate has supported fluoridation, saying it was a cost-effective way of helping to prevent tooth decay in children.
According to statistics, the Island's children have some of the worst teeth in the British Isles, comparable with those in deprived areas.
But anti-fluoridation pressure groups and some members of the public see fluoridation as enforced mass medication.
Do you favour fluoridation?
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21 February 2007
THE public will be asked their views on whether the water supply should be fluoridated, it's been confirmed.Health and Social Security Minister Eddie Teare said the issue would go out for consultation over the next year and revealed, should the go-ahead be given, the cost of introducing a fluoridation scheme would be £150,000. In response to a question from Quintin Gill (Rushen) in Tynwald this week, Mr Teare said the Department of Health and Social Security did not have a policy to fluoridate water but said one may be developed depending on the results of the consultation process.
He promised the consultation would be balanced and assured Mr Gill the public's views would be fully taken into account. The cost of the scheme, should it be introduced, would not be passed on through water rates, Mr Teare confirmed.
In the past, the DHSS's public health directorate has supported fluoridation, saying it was a cost-effective way of helping to prevent tooth decay in children.
According to statistics, the Island's children have some of the worst teeth in the British Isles, comparable with those in deprived areas.
But anti-fluoridation pressure groups and some members of the public see fluoridation as enforced mass medication.
Do you favour fluoridation?
Send us your views
Be the first
21 February 2007
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