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• Fluoridation: Key Moments in Ending an Indefensible Practice

  As we have reached IFIN #600, and it is a Sunday, I thought it would be an appropriate time for a little reflection. Here is a short essay. Paul Connett ———————————————————————— FLUORIDATION: KEY MOMENTS IN ENDING AN INDEFENSIBLE PRACTICE. There have been many important moments in the long battle to end water fluoridation: the practice […]

• Help needed on worldwide survey of fluoridation

  Dear All, In view of the fact that the American Dental Association, despite its very deep pockets and large staff, is unable to do an accurate assessment of the fluoridation status of countries worldwide, we with our miniscule budget and no staff, would like to attempt to get the record straight. But we need your […]

• War continues over fluoridation…

  The issue of fluoridation, adding fluoride to our public drinking water supplies, is a highly emotive one in Ireland. While some argue that it has led to better dental health, others view it as ‘mass medication’ with a substance that could actually be detrimental to health. In an effort to answer some of the many […]

• Report slams fluoridation policy

  A scientific report slamming the government’s report into the fluoridation of Irish water, released in September, will be presented this week. The Voice report, written by leading scientists in the US, Britain and New Zealand, says the effectiveness of water fluoridation is not proved and that the government’s suggested small reduction of fluoride in the […]

• Scientists slam Irish fluoridation report

  The report of the Forum on Fluoridation, which recommends the continued fluoridation of public water supplies in Ireland, has been severely criticised by a group of international scientists. According to the scientists, the report’s primary conclusion that there are no adverse health effects from fluoridation, is ‘blatantly false’ and the only conclusion that they can […]

• Irish EPA criticised over water schemes

  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been criticised for accepting the quality of drinking water in Kilkenny as satisfactory even though it was found to contain aluminium contaminations more than 100 times the EU limit. A report for the European Parliament’s Petitions Committee, which sent two of its members on a fact-finding mission to Ireland […]

• Fluoridated water a major health risk, says doctor

  IRELAND’S water supply contains poisonous substances and poses a major health threat, according to a national health watchdog. Dr Elizabeth Cullen, of the Irish Doctors Environmental Association (IDEA), has demanded that the practice of adding fluoride to water be stopped immediately. She said there was no evidence to show people were deficient in fluoride, and […]

• Martin announces expert forum to examine fluoridation of water

  The Minister for Health has announced the establishment of an expert forum to examine the fluoridation of public water supplies and to make recommendations on its future use here. Ireland is the only country in Europe where fluoridation of public water supplies is mandatory and opponents say that there is growing evidence linking the chemical […]

• Alternative to fluoride`96% more effective’

  A new product, Cavistat, is 96 per cent more effective than fluoride in preventing tooth decay, according to new research presented yesterday at the International Association of Dental Research conference in Sweden. The Irish government has always claimed that fluoride plays a vital role in the oral health of the Irish population, especially children, despite […]

• Dentists criticise fluoridation findings

  A group of Irish dentists who oppose fluoridation have called for an investigation into why a report from the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI), which contained concerns about allowing infants to drink fluoridated tap water, was ‘buried’. Speaking to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health, Dr Don MacAuley, chairman of Irish Dentists Opposing Fluoridation […]