Written question asked by Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (Crossbench), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Earl Howe (Conservative) on Wednesday, 23 June 2010.

Fluoridation

Question: To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Darzi of Denham on 20 May 2009 (WA 323-24) and Baroness Thornton on 6 April 2010 (WA 399), to what extent the wording of the "York" report concerning water fluoridation and bone fracture in sections 8, 8.3.1 and 8.5, reporting "suggesting no association", "no clearassociation", and the need to interpret results with "extreme caution" because of the low quality and heterogeneity of the studies, was taken into account in their summative conclusion that it "found no association".

Answer: I understand that the comments made in the "York" report about the quality of the research were taken into account in these replies, but agree that an accurate summation of the report's findings would be to state that no clear association was found between water fluoridation and bone cancer.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 478; 719 c187-8WA
Session: 2010-12
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