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We try to provide visitors with news and commentaries on what is happening in the national and international battles over water fluoridation. We aim to give you a reasonably comprehensive news service about important developments in both the scientific and legal fields.

But our main concern is showing our readers how the legal challenges to fluoridation are overtaking and dominating the medical and political arguments. It is now these that are exposing the weaknesses and irrelevancies of the pro-fluoridation lobby's arguments.

Below you will find links to Doug's recent reviews and analyses on some of the more interesting developments. The list is frequently updated, so bookmark this page as a reference source. Click on the links in the left hand collumn to retrieve the full article.

In the country of the blind . . . 6th November 2009	When Home Secretary Alan Johnson summarily dismissed Prof. David Nutt from his unpaid job as Chairman of the Government’s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, the scientific community was outraged. But Johnson has no scientific education and a history of ignoring expert advice. Is it acceptable to allow ignorant politicians to continue to dictate the health of the nation?
The dangerous drift from democracy. 6th October 2009	In their attempt to manipulate public opinion in favour of European Union ambitions, the EU and the Irish government have brought into public view the difference between what they consider to be in the public interest, and what is actually of interest to the public.
Inadmissible evidence. 19th September 2009	The impending Judicial Review over the consultation process in Southampton will examine whether Parliament's wish that public agreement to water fluoridation must be the deciding factor in any consultation programme was ignored when the Consultation Regulations were drawn up. But should it is also examine the 'cogency' of the evidence given to Parliament and used repeatedly by the Health Authority?
The NFIC hoax. 24th July 2009	The Government's flagship 'National Fluoride Information Centre' ia promoted as a centre of excellence on which health professionals can rely. The reality is rather less edifying - a locked room in a decrepit University building, with a lonely answering machine on a dust table!
A Conflict of Interest? 15th June 2009	The hasty resignation of Andy Burnham from the British Fluoridation Society does not signal a retreat from his entrenched position over the imposition of water fluoridation.
Censored! How the Dental profession and the BFS tried to silence inconvenient evidence. 15th June 2009	The futile attempt by the British Fluoridation Society to censor its main opponents is only the latest incident in its desperate efforts to silence its critics. But this time they have put their heads above the fence, and Councils are aware of their tactics.
Hampshire goes to No.10 9th June 2009	On 9th June Hampshire Against Fluoridation took a 15,000 signature petition to Downing Street, demanding that the plan to fluoridate Southampton's water supplies be cancelled. This commentary exposes the shocking secret of the petiton's eventual recipient, the Secretary of State for Health, and led to his immediate resignation from the British Fluoridation Society.
UK medicines regulator accused of maladministration. 23rd May 2009	In a dramatic challenge, the UK's medicines regulator has been accused of deliberately failing to implement the 2005 European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling that requires all 'functional drinks' to be regulated as medicines.
European Court Ruling spells an end to water fluoridation. 10th May 2009	A ruling by the European Court of Justice removed the right of national medicines regulators to refuse to recognise products such as fluoridated water as medicines - they now MUST be regulated as such. The implications of this decision for fluoridation itself and for international trade in food products prepared with it are profound, and could now force artificial fluoride out of drinking water world-wide.
Look out - the lawyers are coming! 17th March 2009	The fraudulent misrepresentation of the supposed benefits of fluoridation is a scandal that continues unabated. Now an American Attorney has implemented UKCAF's call to use the law to bring the fluoride apologists to heel.
Breach of Contract? 9th March 2009	Does the State or a Water Undertaker have an enforceable contract to supply water that is not fluoridated?
Withholding consent for fluoridated water. 9th March 2009	If a water provider swaps fluoridated water (a medicinal water) for the mandatory 'water for human consumption that they are required to provide to every household in the country this may be a breach of contract. Here are some ideas on how to refuse to accept product substitution.
Letter to a Friend. 9th March 2009	Is there a contract between the State and the public to supply water that is 'water for human consumption', and is it enforceable?
Backlash! 5th March 2009	The Department of Health finally got its precedent - but now it is learning that No! means NO!, as Southampton people join forces to challenge the South Central Strategic Health Authority's arrogant dismissal of their rejection of fluoridation in the public opinion poll.
Environment, people or profit? 26th February 2009	Why the plan to medicate Queensland's water supplies is important to Councils in Britain (and elsewhere).
The Bligh Memorandum. 26th February 2009	Queensland Premier Anna Bligh' has just announced that she is calling a General Election in Queensland in late March, six months early. But her admission of personal liability for any medical damage caused by the imposition of fluoridation will come back to haunt her.
The Death of Democracy. 26th February 2009	Today Southampton residents learned that their water will be fluoridated - even though their kids already have excellent teeth. It was, of course, entirely predictable that the health Authority would rely on the political spin of their appointed minders, rather than on the carefully phrased but ultimately naive arguments of even the most respected of scientists.

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