Blackpool council has approved plans to add fluoride to school milk. More than 8,000 primary schoolchildren will soon be given fluoridated milk intended to help tackle “poor dental health” despite all the damning evidence showing how dangerous the poison fluoride is. Ingesting fluoride has adverse health affects, and it is simply not true that drinking it helps to prevent tooth decay. The move is part of the town’s free school breakfast scheme and parents will be able to opt out of allowing their children to be given the drink. The BBC reports: Blackpool councillor Tony Williams, who has concerns over the plan, said “mass medication” should not be allowed. Councillors approved the scheme and a group will be set up to implement it. The group combining Blackpool Council, Public Health England, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and oral health charity the Borrow Foundation will oversee the scheme. ‘Conflicting evidence’ Councillor Graham Cain said: “Unfortunately the state of Blackpool’s dental health is very poor. “Some parts of the country can benefit from fluoride naturally appearing in their daily drinking water – in Blackpool we cannot. “The free breakfast programme allows us to reach all primary school children as they are [...]