§ Earl Baldwin of Bewdleyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Warner on 7 September (WA 138), whether they will specify (a) the "epidemiological studies in populations exposed to fluoride occurring naturally" at one part per million to which they refer; and (b) those studies that have "found no relationship between fluoride naturally present in drinking water and any of the non-dental health outcomes considered". [HL4225]
§ Lord WarnerA representative sample of the epidemiological studies is included in the reference lists of reviews such as those published by the World Health Organisation.http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/oralhealth/en/index6.html
The studies in England to which I was referring are:
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Cooper C, Wickham CA, Barker DJ and Jacobsen SJ (1991) JAMA 266 513
Department of Health and Social Security (1985): Fluoridation of Water and cancer: a review of the epidemiological evidence. London, HMSO. 77–78 and 102–103.
Ely AJ, Kemp FH, Kerley PJ and Berry WTC (1957): Lancet ii 712
Griffith GW (1963): Mon Bull Minist Hlth 22 30
Heasman MA and Martin AE (1962): Mon Bull Minist Hlth 21 150
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Kinlen L (1974): Comm Health 6 69
Maheswaran R, Morris S, Falconer S, Grossinho A, Perry I, Wakefield J and Elliott P (1999): Heart 82 455
Ministry of Health, Scottish Office and Ministry of Housing and Local Government (1962): Reports on Public Health and Medical Subjects 105 41
Murray MM, Ryle JA, Simpson BW and Wilson DC (1948): Memor Med Res Coun (Lond) 18
Nixon JM and Carpenter RG (1974): Lancet November 2nd 1068
Weaver R (1944): BDJ 77 185.