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• 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. […]

• 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 […]

• 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 […]

• 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 […]

• 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 […]

• Risks of fluoride in infant formula suppressed

  THE Government was last night accused of delaying a report into the effects of water fluoridation on bottle-fed babies. This is because there are fears the report would present a damaging view of fluoridation ahead of the release of a major study into the practice, Fine Gael Senator Avril Doyle claimed. Newborns who are fed […]

• 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 […]

• 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 […]

• “Truth decay” by officialdom erodes confidence in water fluoridation.

  In a two-part investigation, Rory Hafford talks to Dr. Don Mac Auley about his battle with the health boards to get to the bottom of the fluoridation debate. Dr. Don Mac Auley has been concerned about the health effects of fluoridation for some time. So much so, the Navan-based dentist raised the matter with the […]

• Kerry to assess health risks of fluoride

  The long-term health risks of placing fluoride into drinking water at source is to be raised at tomorrow’s meeting of Kerry county council. The issue is also expected to be raised at four other local authorities during the next few months. This follows Kildare county council’s decision last month to investigate fluoride levels in water […]