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Fingal County Moves to Ban Fluoridation
Fingal County Council has adopted a motion to pursue a policy to ban the compulsory addition of fluoride into the public water supply. The motion was tabled by Cllr Heidi Bedell (GP). It will now be included in the council’s Corporate Development Plan. Cllr Bedell said it was a historic and highly significant shift in […]
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Irish Fluoridation Forum Not Fairly Balanced
I went before The Forum on Fluoridation a few weeks back. It was held in the boardroom of the very impressive new dental hospital in TCD. This rather formal setting was a bit intimidating although, to be fair, the Chairman and each of the 12 members present on the day were nothing if not relaxed […]
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Public bare teeth over fluoridation
ANGRY members of the public marched on the Department of Health yesterday demanding an end to fluoridation of drinking water. More than 100 Fluoride Free Water campaigners handed in scientific studies which link fluoridation with serious health impacts such as cancer and irritable bowel syndrome. They also claim that the chemical used to fluoridate tap […]
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Nolan calls for immedaite ban on water flouridation
Cllr Peggy Nolan wants an immediate ban on the flouridation of drinking water in Ireland. She states that we shouldn’t have to wait until the forum on flouridation concludes in September. “At present Ireland stands alone in Europe as the only country to insist under law that drinking water contains fluoride,” she points out. “Seventy […]
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Health fears rise over fluoride in our water
CONCERN about the amount of fluoride in Irish water supplies deepened yesterday following the discovery of excessive levels in urine samples supplied by Kildare county councillors. Samples provided by eight members of the council showed six of them had amounts of fluoride high enough to give rise for medical concern, claimed an anti-fluoride group. As […]
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Excess Levels of Fluoride found in Some Irish Water Supplies
Polluted drinking water is an on-going scandal in this State. Despite European Union regulations and Government commitments, the quality of drinking water in public and group water schemes continues to worsen. A report by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found that only 91 per cent of public-water supply samples tested last year, were safe, […]
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Truth Decay eroding confidence in fluoridation – Part II
In the US, 1500 scientist, lawyers and other professionals from the Environmental Protection Agency have called for an end to water fluoridation. As far back as 1997, their union stated: “Our review of the body of evidence over the last eleven years, including animal and human epidemiology studies, indicate a causal link between fluoride/fluoridation and […]
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“Truth decay” by officialdom erodes confidence in water fluoridation.
In a two-part investigation, Rory Hafford talks to Dr. Don Mac Auley about his battle with the health boards to get to the bottom of the fluoridation debate. Dr. Don Mac Auley has been concerned about the health effects of fluoridation for some time. So much so, the Navan-based dentist raised the matter with the […]
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Kerry to assess health risks of fluoride
The long-term health risks of placing fluoride into drinking water at source is to be raised at tomorrow’s meeting of Kerry county council. The issue is also expected to be raised at four other local authorities during the next few months. This follows Kildare county council’s decision last month to investigate fluoride levels in water […]
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Sister Rachel acts to rid Dublin pints of fluoride
GUINNESS gives you a good pint and fluoride, much to the annoyance of a Dublin nun spearheading an anti-fluoride campaign. Guinness Ireland has disclosed that Dublin stout can have as much as six times the fluoride level of stout brewed in London. The reason: the Park Royal Brewery in London uses unfluoridated water in a […]