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  • Truth Decay eroding confidence in fluoridation – Part II

    In the US, 1500 scientist, lawyers and other professionals from the Environmental Protection Agency have called for an end to water fluoridation. As far back as 1997, their union stated: “Our review of the body of evidence over the last eleven years, including animal and human epidemiology studies, indicate a causal link between fluoride/fluoridation and […]

  • Health fears rise over fluoride in our water

    CONCERN about the amount of fluoride in Irish water supplies deepened yesterday following the discovery of excessive levels in urine samples supplied by Kildare county councillors. Samples provided by eight members of the council showed six of them had amounts of fluoride high enough to give rise for medical concern, claimed an anti-fluoride group. As […]

  • Tapping into fury over fluoride

    As new fears over fluoride surface, GEMMA O’DOHERTY revisits the story that earned her last year’s Campaigning Journalist award The chairman of Kildare County Council has never given a second thought to the amount of water he drinks. He takes the same amount a day as the average Irish person: a glass or two from […]

  • Nolan calls for immedaite ban on water flouridation

    Cllr Peggy Nolan wants an immediate ban on the flouridation of drinking water in Ireland. She states that we shouldn’t have to wait until the forum on flouridation concludes in September. “At present Ireland stands alone in Europe as the only country to insist under law that drinking water contains fluoride,” she points out. “Seventy […]

  • Public bare teeth over fluoridation

    ANGRY members of the public marched on the Department of Health yesterday demanding an end to fluoridation of drinking water. More than 100 Fluoride Free Water campaigners handed in scientific studies which link fluoridation with serious health impacts such as cancer and irritable bowel syndrome. They also claim that the chemical used to fluoridate tap […]

  • Irish Fluoridation Forum Not Fairly Balanced

    I went before The Forum on Fluoridation a few weeks back. It was held in the boardroom of the very impressive new dental hospital in TCD. This rather formal setting was a bit intimidating although, to be fair, the Chairman and each of the 12 members present on the day were nothing if not relaxed […]

  • Fingal County Moves to Ban Fluoridation

    Fingal County Council has adopted a motion to pursue a policy to ban the compulsory addition of fluoride into the public water supply. The motion was tabled by Cllr Heidi Bedell (GP). It will now be included in the council’s Corporate Development Plan. Cllr Bedell said it was a historic and highly significant shift in […]

  • Doctor alleging violation of rights to sue State over fluoridation

    A GP is suing the State for continuing to fluoridate drinking water, claiming it constitutes a breach of his human rights. Kildare-based Dr Andrew Rynne said fluoride in Irish drinking water is recovered pollution from the phosphate fertiliser industry and contains arsenic and lead. “They harvest it from the pollution ‘scrubbers’ in their chimney stacks. […]

  • Consumers’ Association of Ireland Calls for End to Fluoridation

    The Government should allow consumers to choose whether or not they want fluoride in their drinking water, the Consumers’ Association of Ireland has said. Mr Michael Kilcoyne, chairman of the association, said his organisation was eagerly awaiting the results of the Forum on Fluoridation‘s deliberations. In the meantime, the Consumers’ Association has decided to make […]

  • Louth County Council: Fluoride question will ‘come back to haunt us’

    ‘ THIS WILL come back to haunt us. We are burying our head in the sand,’ Cllr Jim Loughran warned at the monthly meeting of Louth County Council. He had tabled a question asking ‘for what purpose is fluoride being added to the domestic water supply in the country,’ and said that while he noted […]