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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 […]
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Sinnott to speak in Limerick tonight on water quality
INDEPENDENT MEP Kathy Sinnott is set to speak about the “cumulative poison” being added to Irish tap water at a public meeting in the city this Monday night. Ms Sinnott, who represents the south of Ireland in the European Parliament, is a long time opponent to the use of fluoride in public water supplies. “As […]
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Dentists Demand End to ‘Cancer Risk’ Fluoride in Water
A GROUP of more than 100 dentists have demanded an end to fluoridation of tap water over cancer fears. Their action came yesterday following a study by the Harvard School of Dental Health which found an increased cancer risk in children. The research has already led to the Environmental Working Group, a Washington research organisation, […]
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There’s something in the water
DESPITE a Europe wide ban on the use of fluoride in public water supplies, the Government is still convinced that fluoridation should continue as a means of preventing tooth decay. It was introduced here in 1963, and the Department of Health says dental decay rates have been reduced by 70% in the meantime. Over the […]
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Water Fluoridation Forum is Biased
THE high powered forum set up by Health Minister, Micheál Martin, to review the fluoridation of public water supplies is made up mainly of pro fluoridation people, it was claimed yesterday. Dentist Don McAuley, spokesman for the Fluoride Free Water Campaign, also said his group, which staged a protest march to the Dáil on May […]
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Fluoride in our Water: Are We Brushing with Danger?
There’s a growing amount of evidence linking fluoride to cancer, osteoporosis and genetic damage. Most governments in Europe have banned it, yet Ireland continues to add tooth-preserving acid to the public water supply. Gemma O’Doherty reports Water fluoridation was once hailed as the saviour of our children’s teeth. But since it was introduced four decades […]
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Kathy Sinnott calls on the Government to cease fluoridating Irish drinking water
Kathy Sinnott, MEP for Ireland South and Member of the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee, and Dr Vyvyan Howard recently met with the European Commission’s Public Health and Consumer Protection directorate on the dangers to human health posed by water fluoridation in Ireland. Dr. Howard, of the University of Ulster, is a fetal […]
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‘Decay levels low due to fluoride’
WITHOUT WATER fluoridation, Ireland would have levels of dental decay as high as those of eastern Europe, according to a Cork researcher, who is regarded as one of the world experts in the field of oral health. Prof Helen Whelton, director of the Oral Health Services Research Centre, UCC, has said that while tooth decay […]