Campaigner Claims Expansion of Water Fluoridation is Negligent Due to Evidence of IQ Lowering
Scheme to expand fluoridation has been approved, but a health campaigner says the poor will suffer the negative health impacts of ‘NHS-sanctioned treatment.’
Protesters march against the use of fluoride in drinking water in San Francisco on Feb. 22, 2013. Shutterstock
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A health campaigner has raised concerns about the lack of meaningful public consultation by the government before approving the biggest expansion of water fluoridation in England since the 1980s.
The NHS announced plans to add the fluoride compound to an additional 1.6 million people in the north-east to tackle dental decay in children, especially in poorer areas.
But Joy Warren, founder of the UK Fluoride Free Alliance, told The Epoch Times that the expansion could worsen health inequalities due to negative health impacts suggested by numerous scientific studies associated with fluoridated water.
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