Originally published September 14 2005
Outrage! School approves feeding children fluoridated milk
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
In what opponents called a "knee jerk reaction," parents can now sign their children up to receive fluoridated milk in a new trial on eight primary schools.
Parents of pupils at Belle Vue's St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School are expected to be able to sign up for their youngsters to be given daily fluoridated milk from the start of the new term.
Governors at seven other local primary schools are currently deciding whether to follow suit in a move branded a "knee jerk reaction" by fluroride's opponents.
Doncaster Council has given approval for trial schemes at eight primary schools in the borough's New Deal for Communities area, which includes Hexthorpe, Balby Bridge and Hyde Park.
Children at these schools have some of the highest levels of tooth decay in the borough - between twice and three and a half times the government target for five-year-olds in England in 2003.
Experts from Sheffield University will work with primary care trust staff to monitor the effects of the scheme over the next five years.
Nigel Thomas, director of dental public health, said: "Fluoridated school milk is an established method of preventing dental decay in children and the pilot part of the scheme is to assess the uptake and economic benefit of it in Doncaster schools.
"Milk fluoridation has been chosen by the PCTs and the borough council because it gives parents an individual choice for their child as to whether they wish their children to benefit or not.
He commented: "It seems crazy that we poison our children with rubbish, processed foods and sugary drinks then have to add another chemical to the cocktail to try to halt the damage.
Fluoridated milk has been supplied to schools in some parts of the country since 1993 with 30,000 youngsters receiving it daily in the North West.
In South Yorkshire, 37 schools in Sheffield, 18 and Barnsley and one in Rotherham have so far introduced fluoridated milk.
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