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Our ref: 02/02/lh/616
17 February 2017
Dear Miss Warren
Re: concentration of fluoride per litre of water
Thank you for your email dated 2 February 2017 in which you asked for the following
information:
I refer to my FoI request in February 2014 (04/02/jb/532). Before I take this matter
further, please let me know if any employees, consultants and/or committees of
Public Health England have discussed the issue of reducing the concentration of
fluoride from 1ppm to 0.7ppm in line with the practice followed in the Republic of
Ireland and the USA in order to protect children's teeth from the ravages of dental
fluorosis
Your request for information has been handled under the Environmental Information
Regulations (EIR).
The following correspondence has been found in relation to your request and copies
are attached:
- A letter from yourself to Duncan Selbie dated 16 February 2014 and his
response dated 27 March 2014. For completeness we have also included
your letter dated 25 February 2014. Please note I have redacted your
address and signature from the disclosure.
- The research commissioned by PHE has now been published and I attach a
copy of the publication.
Regarding the general issue of dental fluorosis we have identified the following
documents:
- Briefings for Bedford Borough Council from December 2014 and February
2015 which contain sections on dental fluorosis.
- A briefing for Hull City Council from November 2015 which contains a section
on dental fluorosis
- A briefing for Wakefield Council from December 2015 which contains some
comments on dental fluorosis.
Public Health England’s 2014 Health Monitoring Report contains a section on dental
fluorosis and can be found at:
- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/water-fluoridation-health-
monitoring-report-for-england-2014
Public Health England’s 2016 water fluoridation toolkit also contains a section on
dental fluorosis and can be found at:
- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-oral-health-
community-water-fluoridation-toolkit
If you have any queries regarding the information that has been supplied to you,
please refer your query to me in writing in the first instance. If you remain dissatisfied
and would like to request an internal review, then please contact us at the address
above or by emailing
xxx@xxx.xxx.xx
Please note that you have the right to an independent review by the Information
Commissioner’s Office if a complaint cannot be resolved through the PHE
complaints procedure. The Information Commissioner’s Office can be contacted by
writing to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire SK9 5AF.
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Officer