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I've never seen a question asked about the significance of Jennifer Luke's discovery of the calcifying of the pineal gland in cadavers in fluoridated areas. Do they know?
Questions
Asked by Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 27 February (WA 253), what are the findings they refer to which the researchers of the 2004 report of the Newcastle fluoride bioavailablility study found statistically significant.[HL16932]
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The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Earl Howe): The report concluded: "There was no statistically significant difference between artificially fluoridated and naturally fluoridated water, or between hard and soft water ... for plasma fluoride concentration following water ingestion in healthy young adults. Thus, within the limits imposed by the small number of subjects, this study found no evidence for any differences between the absorption of fluoride ingested in artificially fluoridated drinking-water, and in drinking-water in which the fluoride is present naturally, or between the absorption of fluoride from hard and soft waters, at fluoride concentrations close to 1 part per million".
Asked by Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 27 February (WA 251-2), why in their view the evidence for dental fluorosis of aesthetic concern provided in section 7 of the York review (2000) that was obtained in part from a study by Hawley (1996) involving children from Manchester, showing a range between 7% and 21.5% of the population affected, does not provide "evidence to show that residents of areas receiving fluoridated water in England find dental fluorosis aesthetically unacceptable".[HL16933]
Earl Howe: Assessment of the aesthetic effects of dental fluorosis is complex, as demonstrated by the wide range of findings in the study quoted in the noble Earl's Question. This is one of the reasons why the department commissioned new research on the prevalence and severity of fluorosis, which should be available shortly. Teeth with fluorosis retain the protection provided by the fluoride and any aesthetically unacceptable effects can usually be treated by dental polishing.
Questions
Asked by Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 27 February (WA 253), what are the findings they refer to which the researchers of the 2004 report of the Newcastle fluoride bioavailablility study found statistically significant.[HL16932]
1 May 2012 : Column WA449
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Earl Howe): The report concluded: "There was no statistically significant difference between artificially fluoridated and naturally fluoridated water, or between hard and soft water ... for plasma fluoride concentration following water ingestion in healthy young adults. Thus, within the limits imposed by the small number of subjects, this study found no evidence for any differences between the absorption of fluoride ingested in artificially fluoridated drinking-water, and in drinking-water in which the fluoride is present naturally, or between the absorption of fluoride from hard and soft waters, at fluoride concentrations close to 1 part per million".
Asked by Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 27 February (WA 251-2), why in their view the evidence for dental fluorosis of aesthetic concern provided in section 7 of the York review (2000) that was obtained in part from a study by Hawley (1996) involving children from Manchester, showing a range between 7% and 21.5% of the population affected, does not provide "evidence to show that residents of areas receiving fluoridated water in England find dental fluorosis aesthetically unacceptable".[HL16933]
Earl Howe: Assessment of the aesthetic effects of dental fluorosis is complex, as demonstrated by the wide range of findings in the study quoted in the noble Earl's Question. This is one of the reasons why the department commissioned new research on the prevalence and severity of fluorosis, which should be available shortly. Teeth with fluorosis retain the protection provided by the fluoride and any aesthetically unacceptable effects can usually be treated by dental polishing.
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