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Expert fluoride group ‘extremely disappointed’ with Department.
The Irish Expert Body on Fluorides and Health was “extremely disappointed” with the lack of “engagement” and “succession plan” from the Department of Health over its future, this newspaper has learned. The body, which was established in 2004, monitors new and emerging issues on fluoride and its effects on health and related matters and provides […]
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Letter by Declan Waugh: Studies on fluoride intake overlooked
SIR – I am sure we can all agree that we are living in times of upheaval, when life feels uncertain and fragile. In this global disruption and fraught environment caused by the Covid19 pandemic it also seems that recent scientific findings published in international journals underlying the effects of water fluoridation on human health […]
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Let’s talk about fluoride in the Irish public drinking water supplies
Following the publication of fresh research drawing ‘alarming conclusions’ on the exposure of fluoride to children’s IQs, Biopharmaceutical Clinical Stability Specialist Sarah Griffin, BSc urges that these findings ought to stir debate on the Irish State’s policy of water fluoridation In a study published in August in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Canada-based […]
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Waugh response to Baigel: Tea drinking proved more effective than water fluoridation
SIR – I would like to thank Dr F Baigel, a dentist from Bury, Lancaster, for his considered response to my letter regarding the emerging evidence from current epidemiological studies showing an association between low to moderate fluoride exposure with developmental neurotoxicity, as well as endocrine, liver and kidney damage. Your readers may also be […]
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Baigel responds to Waugh: Government was right to fluoridate the water supply
SIR – I read the letter from Mr Declan Waugh, environmental scientist, with great interest. He must be admired for his tenacity in pursuing research into the dangers arising from the flouridation of the mains water supply in the USA and other countries. I was a student at the Dental Hospital in Dublin in the early […]
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Waugh Letter: Dangers of fluoride in drinking water
SIR – This week one the world’s most prestigious paediatrics journals, ‘The American Medical Association’s Journal on Pediatrics’ (JAMA Pediatrics) published the findings of a study conducted in Canada, which shows that fluoride consumed by pregnant women can markedly decrease the IQ of their children. While this was the first prospective, observational study undertaken in […]
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Removing fluoride from water supply key election issue for Lynch
An interest in politics only developed in the last year for Noreen Lynch and now the sixty one year old has decided to dive head first into local politics by placing her name on the ballot paper for Friday’s election in the Kilrush electoral area. Issues that she is passionate about have failed to garner […]
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Waugh Letter: Fluoridation of water leads to immune deficiency
It is difficult not to notice growing attention regarding measles outbreaks and the recent call by Health Minister Simon Harris to introduce mandatory vaccinations. While vaccinations have clearly benefitted public health, the attention has focused solely on one factor; that is rates of immunisation. However, there has been no comment regarding other factors. It is […]
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Cork: Councillors call for fluoridation of water to be optional
WATER fluoridation should be optional, say Cork County Council, who will ask for the mandatory process to be ended. The practice is undertaken by the Government to reduce tooth decay. Fluoridated water can prevent cavities. A Food Safety Authority of Ireland report this year found there was no risk to public health from exposure to […]
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Letter: Fluoride exposure link to reduced IQ among children
SIR – This month the findings of three important human epidemiological studies were published in peer reviewed scientific journals which have important and far reaching implications for this country. The first study published in the journal Environmental International by leading researchers in the United States, Canada and Mexico found that maternal fluoride exposure during pregnancy, […]
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