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Cavan County: Council wants to end fluoride in tap water
A proposal has been passed by the members of Cavan County Council to ask the executive to write to Irish Water seeking an end to the practice of adding fluoride to public water supplies. Passed at a meeting of councillors earlier this month, the meeting was told the decision is dictated, at the present time […]
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Leitrim: Councillors call for end to fluoridation
Leitrim County Councillors have voted to support a call to end the fluoridation of public water supplies. Councillors Brendan Barry and Sean McDermott both put forward motions at the January meeting seeking the cessation of fluoridation. Cllr Barry pointed out that the European Court of Justice has defined fluoridation as a medication noting “therefore the […]
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Bring your baby to the dentist
Note from FAN: Ireland is the only country that mandates fluoridation of the public drinking water, which began in the early 1960s. “Most parents believe it is fine to wait for a visit until a child is in primary school or has his or her first toothache,” said Dr Rose-Marie Daly, a consultant in paediatric […]
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Leitrim County Council unanimously calls for ban on the addition of fluoride to water supplies
Congratulations to the people of County Leitrim where their elected representatives at last weeks County meeting passed a motion calling on the Government to immediately cease public water fluoridation in Ireland. The joint motion was tabled by Cllr Brendan Barry (SF) and Cllr Sean McDermott (FG), “That Leitrim County Council would be calling on the […]
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Wexford County Council passes unanimous motion to cease and reverse Ireland’s mandatory fluoridation
Yesterday, County Wexford Councillors passed a motion supporting an end to the outdated and dangerous practice of public water fluoridation in Ireland. The motion tabled by Cllr Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin (SF) that Wexford County Council would be calling on the Government to cease and reverse Ireland’s Health (fluoridation of water supplies) Act 1960 with immediate […]
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Galway County Council urged to seek clarification on flouridation health risks
Galway County Council is being urged to seek clarification from the government on the health risks of fluoridation of the public water supply. Athenry-Oranmore councillor Jim Cuddy says that in 2007, the Dáil Committee on Health expressed serious reservations about flouridation [sic]. He says one of the recommendations at the time was that putting fluoride […]
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Kerry County Council unanimously passes motion to end fluoridation
The Kingdom reigns in. Congratulations to the people of Kerry and the representatives of Kerry County Council who at their latest meeting yesterday (Monday 10th November) passed a motion against public water fluoridation. The motion, tabled by Damian Quigg (SF) “That Kerry County Council will write to the Government calling for the cessation of public […]
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Fluoride-free bid ‘risk to young’
Authorities are taking a big risk with children’s health if they introduce fluoride-free water, one of the country’s most senior dentists has claimed. With councils in Dublin and Cork backing calls for its removal from public supplies, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) said all the scientific evidence shows fluoridation helps reduce tooth […]
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RCSI supports fluoridation of water
A decision by any local authority to remove fluoridation from the public water supply ‘would significantly increase the risk of tooth decay among children in Ireland’, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) has claimed. Currently in Ireland, the public water supply is fluoridated – this means that just over 70% of the population […]
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Cork City Council votes for end of fluoridation
The rebel County strikes again. Cork City Council at their latest meeting this past Tuesday evening (October 28) passed by majority a motion calling for the immediate cessation of public water fluoridation in Ireland. The motion tabled by Cllr Thomas Maloney (Ind) that, “I propose that Cork City Council call on the government to stop […]
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