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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 […]

• 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 […]

• 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. […]

• Nothing Like a Guiness Beer with a Fluoride Chaser

  GUINNESS gives you a good pint and fluoride, much to the annoyance of a Dublin nun spearheading an anti-fluoride campaign. Guinness Ireland has disclosed that Dublin stout can have as much as six times the fluoride level of stout brewed in London. The reason: the Park Royal Brewery in London uses unfluoridated water in a […]

• Ireland Might Relax Fluoride Rules

  The Republic of Ireland is to consider relaxing laws that require the fluoridation of all drinking water amid mounting controversy over the alleged health risks of the practice. Michael Martin, the Irish health minister, has appointed a committee of environmental and health specialists to examine the evidence on fluoridation and advise on any need for […]

• Response to Current New Zealand Fluoridation Promotion

  Recent media coverage about an alleged dramatic increase in dental decay amongst children being the result of lack of fluoride fails to take into account several factors which, we feel, are important. The New Zealand Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology, a professional body of dentists and physicians affiliated with the International Academy of Oral […]

• EU scientific committee further compromised by conflict of interest on fluoride

  Its competence already queried at inception in June 2009 by International Society of Doctors for Environment (ISDE) (1), the EU’s Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks (SCHER) which is investigating fluoridation chemicals, has now been accused of a conflict of interest. SCHER’s credibility is thus further compromised by one of its members having actively […]

• 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 […]

• Do We Really Need Fluoride In Water?

  Have you ever wondered why we need to have fluoride in drinking water when there is already fluoride in our toothpaste? The October 2010 issue of the journal of the American Dental Association has confirmed that infants fed with formula milk prepared from fluoridated water run a greater risk of fluorosis (mottling and discolouration of […]

• Best Fluoride Levels Determined for Children’s Toothpastes

  Everyone who has ever seen a toothpaste commercial knows that fluoride is the ingredient that helps fight tooth decay, but a new review has determined exactly how much fluoride is best in toothpastes for children. For optimal prevention of cavities in children over age 6, toothpastes should contain at least 1,000 parts per million of […]