§ Mr. BradyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what peer review has been undertaken of the Newcastle University report "Bioavailability of fluoride in drinking water—a human experimental study", funded by his Department; [185052]
(2) where he expects the Newcastle University report funded by his Department, "Bioavailability of fluoride in drinking water—a human experimental study", to be published. [185053]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonA draft of the final report was submitted for peer review to five eminent academic experts in this field at universities in Sweden, the United States, London, Sheffield and Leicester. In addition, Professor Andy Renwick of the University of Southampton provided advice on the project and on the draft report as an independent member of the Department's steering group. All of these comments were provided to the Newcastle team to help with its preparation of the final report. The university has put the report on its website at http://www.ncl.ac.uk/dental/research/diet/fluoride. htm.
I understand that the researchers plan to submit an article about their findings to an academic journal.