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• Published: 09 August 2019

Fifty years of fluoridation

Alan Johnson, a leading advocate of water fluoridation and a former Health Secretary (centre), spoke at a dinner in Edgbaston on 9 July and paid tribute to the British Fluoridation Society (BFS). He congratulated the BFS on its half centenary before giving a detailed update on the work underway in his former Hull constituency to enable a public consultation which could pave the way for implementation of community water fluoridation. He said the work of the dental community had been 'inspirational' and committed himself to supporting the cause all the way to the end. Alan is pictured with some of the BFS executive committee: (l-r), Dr John Beal, Professor Mike Lennon, BFS Chairman Steve Bedser and John Charlton.

"inspirational"  How every attempt to bring in fluoridation was thwarted is inspirational.