Hull and East Yorkshire are threatened with water fluoridation.

11th November 2015
Yesterday, three of us went to Bedford (UK) where we took part in Bedford's Overview and Scrutiny Committee's review of water fluoridation.  That town has not been fluoridated since 2009 when Anglian Water stopped fluoridation because their dosing equipment had become corroded.  Public Health England is proposing adding the fluoride back into the Borough's water supply but instead of acting unilaterally, PHE is consulting with Bedford Borough Council which will therefore have to share the burden of the responsibility of compelling constituents to take their daily doses of poison!

No decision was made at last night's meeting to recommend resumption of fluoridation.  The OSC cannot make a decision, only recommend and the Chairman was at pains to emphasise this.

PHE has now had a chance to present to the PSC twice whilst those opposing fluoridation were granted a paltry 30 minutes to answer questions from the OSC some months ago.  Unfortunately, the Committee members were ill-prepared and the questions were not penetrating.  Thus we were not able to emphasise all the factors which make fluoridation an unwise intervention.

Possibly because the Chairman perceived that we had not had a fair crack of the whip, we have been allowed to make a presentation to the Committee in February 2016.

So relax, all of you who are living in Bedford and who are reading this bulletin:  you can eat your Christmas Dinner, fluoride-free, this year at least.