Fluoridation of Irish drinking water
VOICE has an ongoing campaign against the fluoridation of Irish drinking water.
End Fluoridation, say 600 experts
New York – August 9
In a statement released today, over 600 professionals are urging Congress to stop water fluoridation until Congressional hearings are conducted. They cite new scientific evidence that fluoridation, long promoted to fight tooth decay, is ineffective and has serious health risks. (http://www.fluorideaction.org/statement.august.2007.html)
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The Minister has a duty to deal with the fluoridation issue
The Irish Medicines Board’s defence of its failure to act on water fluoridation (IMN 28/05/07) is based on three grounds, each of which is, in our view, invalid. First, the Medicines Directive (2004/27EC) defines a medicinal product in Article One, subsection A as: “any substance… presented as treating or preventing disease in human beings.” Subsection B adds: “Any substance administered to human beings… by exerting a pharmacological or metabolic action” is a medicinal product. Since both by presentation and by administration, fluoridated drinking water satisfies the definition in the Directive, it clearly is a medicinal product. ...read more...
Toxic industrial fluorides petition registered with EU Petitions Committee
The EU Petitions Committee has registered a petition regarding toxic industrial fluorides from Robert Pocock of Irish environmental group VOICE. The petition accuses the government of wilful negligence by administering a toxic concoction in its citizens’ drinking water. ...read more...
Medicines Board warned on illegal fluoride chemical in water
The Irish Medicines Board (‘IMB’) was today served with an enforcement notice for its failure to act on the breach both of a European Directive and Irish Regulations governing medicinal products by Voice of Irish Concern for the Environment (VOICE) , which is campaigning to end fluoridation of drinking water. Read more ... here...
US health watchdog against fluoridation
Dublin, January 22th 2007
A second major US health watchdog, the Center for Disease Control last week repeated the November 9th warning by the American Dental Association not to use fluoridated tap water to make up infant formula due to its direct link to dental fluorosis.
“Irish parents are being kept in the dark about this new fluoride alert because Mary Harney perpetuates the cover-up to protect the holy cow of water fluoridation even if it means putting thousands of babies in Ireland at risk of dental fluorosis” said VOICE spokesman Robert Pocock, adding “ fluoridation has to be stopped immediately” ...read more...
VOICE calls for an end to water fluoridation
January 11, 2007
The European Commission’s Scientific Committee on Consumer Products has warned parents to supervise their children to prevent them swallowing fluoride from toothpaste or other oral hygiene products because of the increased risk of dental fluorisis ...read more... Help put an end to the fluoridation of our water by clicking on the following link!
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/reverse-mandatory-water-fluoridation-in-ireland.html
A Scientific Critique of the Fluoridation Forum Report
can be accessed ...here...
Concern for bottle-fed babies
Concern expressed for bottle-fed babies. Read more...
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