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Fluoride: Drinking Water:Written question - 227426

Q

Asked by Mr Graham Brady

(Altrincham and Sale West)

Asked on: 12 March 2015

Department of Health

Fluoride: Drinking Water

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the research report Are fluoride levels in drinking water associated with hypothyroidism prevalence in England, published by the University of Kent's Centre for Health Services in February 2015; and if he will make a statement.

A

Answered by: Jane Ellison

Answered on: 19 March 2015

Public Health England monitors emerging evidence in relation to water fluoridation, and has reviewed this paper with the conclusion that the methodology used is not strong enough to support any change in practice or policy.

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