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‘Children pay price for fluoride-free water’
Title: ‘Children pay price for fluoride[sic]-free water’ Northern Ireland children pay the price for fluoride-free water in extra decayed teeth, the chief nursing officer warned yesterday. The Republic of Ireland uses the chemical in the mains supply and enjoys a better youth dental record, Martin Bradley added. Local politicians rejected the measure over a decade […]
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Fluoride – Clear proof of harm?
A BOMBSHELL report may have finally put paid to Government plans to re -introduce fluoride into tap water in Northern Ireland. And it could also have major ramifications for the Republic, which along with Britain, are the only two countries in the EU where water is fluoridated. According to new American research, boys between the […]
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Greens bare teeth over fluoridation ‘through back door’ fears
STORMONT Health Minister, Angela Smith, is at the centre of a row over claims fluoridation could be reintroduced in Ulster. Environmentalists and consumer groups, who argue that fluoridated water has links to cancer, Down’s syndrome, and brittle bones, have accused the Government of having a “hidden agenda” on the controversy. Fluoridation was abandoned here, in […]
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‘Fluoride is poisoning Ulster’s children’
THOUSANDS of children could be at risk from a fluoride ‘rinsing’ programme introduced in schools three years ago, a leading environmental campaigner has warned. And Walter Graham has now demanded a meeting with Education Minister Martin McGuinness and Health Minister Bairbre de Brun to discuss the implications of devastating new findings. The scientific study, conducted […]
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