| Heading: |
Fluoride: Drinking Water |
| Question ID: |
1816181 |
| UIN: |
HL8790 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-24 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4713 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Reay
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Lord Reay
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the US National Toxicology Program’s Monograph on the State of the Science Concerning Fluoride Exposure and Neurodevelopment and Cognition: A Systematic Review, published in August 2024, an |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-09 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
347 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Merron
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Merron
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| Answer text: |
The US National Toxicology Program conducted a systematic review of the published scientific literature on the association between fluoride exposure and neurodevelopment and cognition. It concluded that there is “moderate confidence” that levels of fluori... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |