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To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on (a) funding and (b) progress with medical research into fluoridation and (i) cancer rates and (ii) hip fractures. - Inc ref to report 'Water Fluoridation and Health'.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on (a) funding and (b) progress with medical research into fluoridation and (i) cancer rates and (ii) hip fractures. - Inc ref to report 'Water Fluoridation and Health'.
Asked by
Joan Walley
(Labour)
Answered by
Hazel Blears
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
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Written questions
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Answered
Tabled on
24 September 2002
For answer on
15 October 2002
Answered on
15 October 2002
Ms Walley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on (a) funding and (b) progress with medical
research into fluoridation and (i) cancer rates and (ii) hip fractures. [74249]
Ms Blears: The report, published on 4 September, of an expert working group set up by the Medical Research Council (MRC) at the
request of the Department concluded that there was no firm evidence linking water fluoridation to cancer or to hip fractures. But
the group recommended that a comparison be made between the amount of fluoride that the body absorbs from water supplies in which it
occurs naturally and those to which it has been added artificially.
We are, therefore, taking immediate steps to commission a project on the absorption of fluoride. The Department is finalising the
specification for a research project to compare the body's absorption of naturally occurring and artificially added fluoride, and
will shortly be inviting tenders. The MRC group concluded that if new studies show that the uptake of fluoride from artificially
fluoridated water is substantially higher than from naturally fluoridated water, then further investigation of the long term effects
of fluoridation on hip fractures will be needed.
The group also recommended that an updated analysis be made of the data on fluoridation and cancer rates, and suggested that any new
studies on the causes of bone cancer could easily include an assessment of exposure to fluoride. The Chief Medical Officer and the
Chief Dental Officer will be advising on the action we should take on this and the remaining recommendations in the MRC group's
report.
Subjects
Cancer; Diseases; Drinking water; Research; Fluoride; Water treatment; Fractures
Date
15 October 2002
Reference
74249; 390 c821W;390 c823W
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House of Commons