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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 column to retrieve the full article.



National Fluoride Information
Centre dumped by UK
government.
 The UK’s official fluoride propaganda outfit, the
notorious National Fluoride Information Centre based at
Manchester University, has been shut down. Treasury
funding of £125,000 a year has been terminated, and
the Centre’s functions - such as they were - are to be
taken over by the University Dental School.

The Fluoride Report Card.

15th May 2011		 Washington Attorney ames Robert Deal has compiled a
dossier of scientific, ethical and legal evidence on the
corruption behind fluoridation in the USA that will form
the basis of a class action against the Government
Departments responsible for the corrupt misdirection of
the process of regulation of this discredited dental
remedy. This page provides a review and link to the
original document.


Oshlack v Rous Water - preliminary
ruling

5th May 2011		 In a preliminary hearing before the NSW Land and
Environment Court Justice Peter Biscoe has ruled that
fluoridation law cannot be regarded as 'unfettered'.
Instead a fluoridation project must comply with any
other arm of the law that has relevance. Rous Water
must now produce a detailed Environmental Impact
Statement that includes details of adverse effects on
both the natural and the huamn environment.


Commissioner in a spin over
'one-size-fits-all' medicines

14th April 2011		 Commissioner Dalli has told a conference that
"Innovation can help provide solutions tailored to
different patient groups as opposed to a
"one-size-fits-all" solution. This can make the difference
between cure or a life of suffering. "
So why is he so reluctant to ban the indiscriminate use
of fluoride as a pseudo-medicine in Member States of
the EC?
Council demands judicial review of
fluoride laws
5th April 2011		 Totton and Eling Town Council, running these two small
towns on the edge of the New Forest in Hampshire, has
voted to demand a judicial review of the UK’s
fluoridation legislation.

Southampton - the final solution
18th February 2011		 If the plan to fluoridate Southampton’s water supply
goes ahead, the Department of Health (DoH) intends to
use children born in the City as unwitting subjects of
medical ‘research’, aimed at monitoring the effects of
the project on tooth decay and dental fluorosis.
Judge's decision on Fluoridation
Consultation announced in London

11 February 2011
 At the Royal Courts of Justice in London today, Mr
Justice Edward Holman ruled that the the South Central
Strategic Health Authority (SCSHA) acted in accordance
with the regulations on public consultation over the
proposed fluoridation scheme in Southampton, UK.
The status of water fluoridation:
Public health measure, mass
medication, or clinical malpractice?

11 February 2011		 The administration of a substance with intent to cause a
change in the health of a person is a clinical
intervention, and absolutely subject to medicinal law and
clinical Codes of Practice. Fluoridation is therefore clinical
malpractice, and subject to both civil and criminal law.

The Fluoride Fantasy:
What the American CDC fluorosis
data really mean.

8th December 2010 		The American pro-fluoridation CDC claims that "In
1986–1987, 22.6% of adolescents aged 12–15 had
dental fluorosis, whereas in 1999–2004, 40.7% of
adolescents aged 12–15 had dental fluorosis." But when
these data are corrected to take account of the actual
proportions of these infants that were exposed during
the critical period of their early childhood, a far more
serious situation emerges - and it's getting worse, very
quickly too.

British and Irish Governments add
banned chemical to drinking water.
Fluoridated water illegal since
January 2010

30th October 2010 		The British and Irish governments continue to insist that
fluoridated water is a food, and covered by the drinking
water regulations. Whilst this argument is wrong - it's a
medicine - these governments now face another legal
challenge if they continue to insist that fluoridation
provides a supplementary source of the mineral fluoride.
The use of fluorosilicates in foods for this purpose is now
completely banned thoughout Europe!

European Commission is ignorant of
Community legislation

17th October 2010		 Three weeks ago we sent our letter to Commissioner
John Dalli, in charge of the EC Department dealing with
Health and Consumer Affairs, asking him to intervene in
the continued illegal use of fluorosilicates in the
prophylactic treatment of dental caries. So now I can
report that we have at last recieved a response, at
third hand, from Unit C8 of SANCO. And it was utter
nonsense!

Open letter to Commissioner Dalli,
September 2010, asking him to
enforce medicinal law relating to
the use of fluoridating chemicals.

17th September 2010		 UKCAF withdrew its registration to attend the SCHER
consultation in Brussels, and wrote to the commissioner
for health and consumer policy, Commissioner John Dalli,
asking him to order that fluoridation chmicals be subject
to medicinal licensing. Since no reply has been recieved,
we are publishing our message to the Commissioner, in
the sure knowledge that someone, somewhere, will
make sure that he does see it. For the sake of the
children, feel free to download a copy of this PDF file and
send a copy to him, asking him to respond and bring an
end to this appalling charade.

Brussels ignores fluoride risk to the
poor; UKCAF withdraws registration
from SCHER meeting.

17th September 2010		 The legal status of fluoridation chemicals must be tested
in the European Court, to protect the thousands of
new-born children each year condemned to a lifetime of
social rejection and financial penalty imposed on them by
the UK and Irish governments' refusal to dump the
fluoride dogma.

Councils handed the 'poisoned
chalice' of water fluoridation.

24th August 2010		 Councils, be warned! The government's plan to 'transfer
responsibility for fluoridation' to Local Authorities is
fraught with hidden risks and hugely controversial legal
and ethical challenges. So just take a quick review of
your personal liability if you get involved in this
controversy - the implications are truly horrendous.


Working the system - EU 'Risk
Assessments' protect Big Business

24th August 2010		 This paper is of the utmost importance to those
attempting to bring an end to the practice of water
fluoridation in Europe. But it is also crucial to
understanding why this bizarre and discredited practice
has been able to persist in other countries, such as
Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the USA and elsewhere,
and why its present resurrection and challenge to sanity
has such powerful advocates

Southern Water admits it does not
want to fluoridate.

9th August 2010		 On Friday last week the UK water supplier, Southern
Water, admitted for the first time that it would not be of
its own choosing to add any chemical, including fluoride,
“that is not directly necessary for the provision of
drinking water” when processing drinking water for
public use.

Australian water company
backs off over fluoridation

19th July 2010		 A private action in the NSW Land and Environment Court
has forced Rous Water to suspend tendering for new
fluoridation plants. Rous Water was advised by lawyers
that it would be unwise to proceed with the project until
the New South Wales Land and Environment Court has
decided on an action alleging that the Authority has not
considered the full environmental issues raised by the
production and distribution of fluoridated water.

SCHER's verdict on
water fluoridation
9th July 2010		 The EU’s Scientific Committee on Health and
Environmental Risks (SCHER) has now described water
fluoridation as ‘a rather poor and crude measure of
systemic fluoride treatment, without a detectable
threshold for dental and bone damage’.

Criminalising the water sector -
Why the English fluoridation
legislation must be repealed
9t July 2010		 Fluoridation legislation in English law is incompatible with
European and English law on medicines. Until this
anomaly is removed, water companies are, in effect,
being criminalised in a ‘Catch 22’ situation whereby they
may be liable to prosecution if they refuse to obey an
order to fluoridate their water, but are in violation of
other legislation if they do comply.

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 has 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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