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Closed Immediately Ban The Artificial Fluoridation Of UK Water Supplies

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Fluoride has recently been classified as a developmental neurotoxicant by the prestigious scientific journal The Lancet, proven to lower a child's IQ: http://goo.gl/5RFiDA

Fluoride is associated with impaired thyroid function resulting in depression, fatigue and weight gain: http://goo.gl/NfzxkI

Fluoride is linked to dental fluorosis that damages teeth: https://goo.gl/Lw2ebN

Fluoride is damaging to both human and environmental health: https://goo.gl/HXV8Vi

Only four European Union countries back water fluoridation and Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden have discontinued it: http://goo.gl/cVdqwH

Ireland has proposed a 5 year prison sentence for people adding fluoride to the water: http://goo.gl/j8vIkK

It's time for the UK to join these countries for health of the population.

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