UK - FLUORIDE TO AGAIN BE ADDED

FLUORIDE TO AGAIN BE ADDED TO 

WEST CUMBRIA'S WATER SUPPLY

Last updated at 11:17, Thursday, 05 September 2013

Fluoride will once again be added to a west Cumbrian water supply.

The chemical has been added to the water supplied to Cornhow and Ennerdale water treatment works since the late 1960s.

However, the process was halted in April 2006 in Cornhow and in November 2011 in Ennerdale, to allow the treatment equipment to be upgraded.

Public Health England – which took over from the abolished North West Strategic Health Authority on April 1 – has announced that the service is expected to resume in the coming weeks.