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Presidential candidate to ‘educate citizens’ on perils of Irish water fluoridation
Áras hopeful Gemma O’Doherty declined the opportunity to clarify her vaccine doubts Presidential hopeful Gemma O’Doherty told councillors she wants to educate Ireland about the risk to public health that she believes the fluoridation of the country’s drinking water supplies causes, Irish Medical Times reports. O’Doherty, an investigative journalist, is seeking nomination for a place […]
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Donegal councillor says it’s time to end water fluoridation
Donegal County Councillors are set to call on Irish Water to remove fluoride from national drinking water supplies. The service provider will be asked to explore alternative ways of treating Irish water, following the passing of a motion by Letterkenny MD Cllr Adrian Glackin. Speaking at July’s county council meeting, Sinn Fein Cllr Glackin raised statistics […]
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Ireland is failing to protect from fluoride intoxication
Published studies by medical researchers in the UK and Spain indicate that the highest fluoride levels by far found in beers consumed in Europe are in Irish branded products. These findings are disturbing, not least because they present yet another form of uncontrolled exposure to fluoride from contamination of the food chain due to mandatory […]
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Letter: The link between fluoride levels and Alzheimer’s disease
Dear Editor, The Irish Examiner previously published an excellent report on the increase in dementia in Ireland (‘Dementia tsunami looms’, Catherine Shanahan, June 25, 2015). In this article, Dr Ronan Collins was quoted as saying: “I have seen the exponential growth of dementia in our clinical workload over the last 15 years, a true tsunami […]
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Letter: Fluoride toxicity is entirely preventable
SIR – Speaking on RTÉ’s ‘Today with Sean O’Rourke’ last Thursday (February 1st), Tánaiste Simon Coveney made a point that politicians are lawmakers, and he reiterated that the function of the Irish State and constitution is to protect the rights and welfare of unborn children as well as the mother. Yet, paradoxically, Irish politicians as […]
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Musicians hoping fluoride letter will hit the right note with Irish Water
Some of West Cork’s internationally-famed residents, including actor Jeremy Irons and Oscar winning director David Puttnam, are backing an anti-fluoride campaign. The celebrities have signed a letter to relevant authorities, including Irish Water, calling for the mandatory ingestion of fluoride through water and associated foods to be fully investigated amid serious health concerns. A raft […]
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State negligent as regards fluoride
In the week before Christmas, I submitted, to the Irish and European authorities, a document on mandatory fluoridation of drinking water. This policy mandates by national legislation, that citizens, residents, and visitors to Ireland must consume fluoride in water and in associated beverages and foods. The document was co-signed by many academics, scientists, medical doctors, […]
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Fluoridated Irish Kids Experience Massive Tooth Decay Epidemic
Ireland is the only country in the EU that forces its citizens to be fluoridated. This is due to the Fluoridation of Water Supplies Act of 1960. In 2013, a bill to overturn this act failed to do so in 2013. Two other motions were filed in 2014. Today, The Time UK is reporting that Irish children […]
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LETTER: How fluoride threatens the future of Irish agriculture
SIR – Currently, the Environmental Pillar, comprising of 26 independent environmental non-governmental organisations in Ireland has an online petition calling on the European Commission to pass a Soil Directive to safeguard Irish and European soils. This petition is welcome as without sustainable agricultural food production civilization as we know it, will perish. However, few people […]
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Children wait up to 12 years for first dental screening
The Irish Dental Association has said the public dental service is failing children who are waiting as long as 12 years for their first dental screening. The association has said that at least 150 additional dentists are needed to ensure children receive adequate dental care. Most Irish children have their first dental visit at the […]
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