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2.8 million denied EU citizen rights by Irish government
Environment group VOICE has accused the government of denying the EU right to a safe drinking water to almost 3 million people in Ireland. This is contained in a letter the Group has sent to EU Environment Commissioner Wallstrom asking her to intervene to protect EU citizens in Ireland whose health and safety have been […]
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Infant Formula Controversy Erupts
PARENTS who prepare their babies’ bottles with tap water are not putting their health at risk, according to a controversial report which Health Minister Michel Martin is due to receive today. The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) report, which took more than a year to complete, contradicts the findings of the British Medical Association […]
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Ministry of Health and Hypocrisy
Minister Martin has recently taken on the mantle of investigating the developing scandal of sex abuse and the Church. But Micheal Martin is swamped in his own health scandal. He set up the Forum on Fluoridation in May 2000 because of growing public concern about the practice of mandatory water fluoridation. However, the forum’s report […]
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Forum on Flouridation fails yet again
Last week I was saying that Dr Tom Moffat, Minister of State for Food Safety and Older People, went before the Senate on February 13 last to respond to a question posed by Avril Doyle. Senator Doyle wanted to know how come the Scientific Committee of The Food Safety Authority had not responded to questions […]
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Tap water in infant formula is a danger to children
Do you advise young mothers calling to you on their first post-natal visit, with precious baby tightly held in their arms, about the hazards of using tap water to reconstitute infant formula? No, well maybe it is a subject that should be given a little more thought. After all, the British Medical Association have very […]
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Fluoride in tap water ‘unsafe for babies’
BOTTLE-FED babies are receiving excess fluoride because their formula is made using fluoridated tap water, a Food Safety Authority of Ireland assessment indicates. The Department of Health asked the FSAI to investigate the impact of fluoridated tap water on infants amid concern at studies linking fluoride to cancer, irritable bowel syndrome, hip fractures, dental fluorosis […]
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Greens accuse Government of giving misleading information on fluoridation
Green Party T.D., Mr John Gormley, has accused the Government of providing misleading information in the debate on the fluoridation of Ireland’s water supply. Mr Gormley accused the Minister of State for Food Safety and Older People, Dr Tom Moffat, of misleading the Senate when explaining the delay in the Food Safety Authority of Ireland’s […]
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Green Party bill to end fluoridation is non-negotiable, says Gormley
A BILL to end the controversial practice of adding fluoride to public drinking water was published yesterday by the Green Party. The fluoride ban will be a “non-negotiable” demand in Coalition negotiations after the general election, according to the party. Green Party health spokesperson, John Gormley TD, blasted the Forum On Fluoridation set up by […]
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Greens demand ban on fluoride in water
The fluoridation of domestic water supplies by local authorities, which has been the norm since the early 1960s, should be banned unless householders agree, the Green Party has proposed. The Green Party TD, Mr John Gormley, said a curb on the use of fluoride would be a “non-negotiable” demand if the Greens end up in […]
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Greens launch bill to stop fluoridation in Ireland
The Greens Fluoridation Bill, which is published today, will repeal the current legislation of mass-medicating the Irish population without their consent with the chemical fluoride. Green Party Dáil Health spokesperson, John Gormley T.D., launching the Bill said, “Today the Green Party is publishing the first ever Bill to repeal the Water Fluoridation Act of 1960. […]
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