Fluoride in tap water plans approved by council chiefs

Fluoride in tap water plans approved by council chiefs
9:20pm Wednesday 19th November 2008 By Matt Smith »
SOUTHAMPTON'S councillors tonight voted to back plans to add fluoride to the city's water to save thousands of kids teeth from decay.
Health chiefs want to improve poor dental health among youngsters in the city by controversially adding fluoride to the tap water delivered to two-thirds of residents.
A special panel of city councillors set up to examine the proposal had recommended 160,000 city residents should have levels of fluoride in their tap water topped up from the natural 0.08 parts per million to one part per million.
Anti-fluoride campaigners vowed to continue their fight.
The final decision will be made by the South Central Strategic Health Authority in February.

I went to the council meeting last night, seemed like a life sentence, and had to wait until 7pm from 2pm before fluoridation came up. They voted 26 to 18 in favour. We got insulted as one councillor, extremely obese and ugly, said that we antis were mainly green and somewhat weird. Although I am not a green as he puts it and I hope not weird I would prefer that then to carry around the body he inhabits.
Several councillors said that West Midlands fluoridated for years proved that fluoridation improved teeth but at the last minute too late to make a difference the Chair person of the health scrutiny panel revealed, what we knew, fluoridated Coventry is getting £1.5 million because the children's teeth are in such a poor state. This money will go towards programmes of fluoride varnishes or fissure sealant.
Fluoridation works? OH NO IT DOESN'T. Yet according to government statistics the Coventry children have very low caries rates. Are they fiddled to make the West Midlands look good?