WHAT’S IN YOUR TAP WATER?
AS YOU FILL UP THE kettle from your kitchen tap, you probably don’t think about what additives might be contained in your crystal-clear drinking water. Whether you take your brew black or add milk, the government will soon have the right to decide what else goes into to your cup of tea. That’s because the drinking water in your home looks set to have fluoride added, following a decision by the UK’s Chief Medical Officers last September. They ruled that ‘water fluoridation is an effective public health intervention for reducing tooth decay and improving dental health equality across the UK’.
Currently, only about 10 per cent of the
