West Midlands Against Fluoridation
(UK) WMAF
Ladybower Reservoir, Derby Peak District
The Six Dams, Elan Valley, mid-Wales
Elan Valley to Frankley Reservoir Aqueduct
Frankley Reservoir, Birmingham
The UK Government has decided to fluoridate the drinking water of England and Wales. The campaign against Water Fluoridation has now become a national campaign.
Consequently, the administration of this website will have to cease for the immediate future. Visitors are requested to visit the national anti-fluoridation website for information on the topic and for current news.
The organisation is
Fluoride Free Alliance UK
Send a Postcard to Your MP requesting support against Sajid Javid's attempts to fluoridate England.
Please go to the Facts and Resources tab.
HEALTH AND CARE BILL 2021 REACHES THE HOUSE OF LORDS
The Bill had its 2nd reading in the House of Lords on 7th December. Five Lords spoke against Clauses 147 and 148 including Lord Reay. The vide of his speech is below. The main supporter of Water Fluoridation in the House of Lords did not speak to support the WF clauses. Perhaps he thought that no-one would notice! The Bill now goes to the Committee Stage in the House of Lords. It has a long way to go before it is enacted.
LEGISLATION GOING THROUGH PARLIAMENT TO ENSURE THAT ENGLAND BECOMES 100% FLUORIDATED (2021-2022)
Visitors might think that this has nothing to do with them if they currently live in the West Midlands which is comprehensively fluoridated - yes, even Stratford-on-Avon has adulterated drinking water. However, it would be a tragedy if more WF programmes were initiated, particularly since research evidence regarding the damage done to human and animal intelligence is overwhelming. Not that the DHSC is taking any notice.
The Fluoride Alert Network (www.fluoridealert.org) has released a useful file which lists the most important pieces of research which should be sent to all West Midlands MPs to inform them of the dire situation which their colleagues could be catapulting England into.
To follow the progress of Clauses 147 and 148 of the Health and Care Bill as it lurches through Parliament, go to https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3022.
To read the relevant Clauses, go to https://bills.parliament.uk/publications/44008/documents/1051. Ignore the statement regarding Human Rights on the title page: this is utter bunkum.
Explanatory notes exist: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-02/0140/en/210140en.pdf
HOW PURE WATER BECOMES ADULTERATED
Frankley Water Treatment Works (WTW) was designed for treatment of Elan Valley water, a high quality raw water source from upland reservoirs in Wales. It is low in organics, solids, pollutants and alkalinity. The Dissolved Air Flotation systems (DAFs) at Frankley WTW were designed for the treatment of the Elan raw water source. In order to achieve a sufficiency of raw water for treatment, Elan Valley water is often supplemented with Severn Valley raw water. This type of water, known as surface water, needs to be purified using another technology due to its high content to dissolved solids.
Drinking such pure Elan treated water has its downsides. Essential minerals, such as magnesium, are minimal and the absence of other essential minerals imply that unless one pays special attention to one's diet, the majority of people in Birmingham are likely to be almost deficient in these vital elements. However, the quality of the treated water finds favour with many residents because it makes a really good cup of tea!
The practice of Water Fluoridation has gone under the radar with the majority of Birmingham and West Midlands residents being unknowing about the fluoridation chemicals and the water purification chemicals added to raw water. The Government firmly believes that fluoridated water is safe to drink without there being any scientific proof (because they are told so by Dental Public Health consultants, the Chief Medical Officer for England, the British Dental Association and the British Fluoridation Society). The British Medical Association, if not vociferous on the topic, is quietly approving of the practice (even though in the 1960s, medical doctors were demonstrably far less in favour). The Petition below dating from 1966 is a little difficult to read: pressing Ctrl + a few times enlarges the text.
Raw water sources for other fluoridated parts of the West Midlands are either surface water (river and rain water) or groundwater. Such raw water is normally slightly alkaline and contains sufficient essential minerals to ensure the health of water consumers. However, the added fluoride reacts with many essential minerals and ensures that they are not bioavailable. Using the example of magnesium, in the presence of fluoride, a compound is formed - magnesium fluoride. This has the unfortunate effect that magnesium cannot enter cells. Since magnesium is a co-factor in hundreds of processes in the body, West Midlanders are likely to be gradually made ill because of the presence of fluoride. The situation in Birmingham is made worse due to a deficiency of magnesium in the Elan Valley raw water, even if a modicum of Severn River raw water is blended with it.
Fluoride is intended to be the magic bullet which prevents dental decay in small children whose baby teeth are not protected with a thick layer of enamel. Since the teeth are deciduous, nature has seen fit not to invest in making the baby teeth strong. Also, young children are not given food which is hard to chew so strengthening the teeth would be a waste of valuable resources. Unfortunately, this means that the teeth are more likely to be challenged by acidic foods and lack of dental hygiene. In some families where familial kissing is practised, the transmission of decay-causing bacteria is almost a given. Where breast feeding is not practised, the infant and baby receives less vital substances which guard against decay. When families do not persevere with tooth-brushing after meals, then the three factors outlined above contribute to the decay process. A disturbing fact: children exposed to second-hand smoke are more prone to decay.
Swallowing fluoride before the teeth have erupted has historically been seen by the organisations mentioned in Paragraph 3 above to be a good way of strengthening the teeth. However, it makes no sense at all to swallow this element when it's the surfaces of the teeth which need strengthening against acid and bacterial attack. It is often said that if you want sun tan lotion to be effective, it needs to be rubbed on the skin. Swallowing lotion does not prevent sunburn. The same reasoning is true of fluoride. In the body, fluoride has very little effect on enamel. At most, it may adhere to the inside surface of the enamel but that is not where the decay process starts.
As time has gone by, it has become increasingly more likely that fluoride in the body as a means of preventing tooth decay has become less convincingly a prophylactic against decay and more of a political tool engineered by many diverse "actors" all of whom have their own particular motivation for encouraging and maintaining this quirky practice.
