Fluoridation in Ireland
September 23, 1999
With the possible exception of Singapore, the Republic of Ireland is the most
fluoridated country on Earth, and the only one with mandatory nationwide fluoridation.
All natural sources of water in Ireland were low in fluoride before fluoridation started
in 1965. Now 75% of public water is fluoridated with hydrofluosilicic acid from imported
fertilizer factory toxic waste. More than 12% of samples exceed the maximum permissible
level of fluoride (1 ppm), according to the annual surveys by the Irish EPA.
The Irish fluoridation law was passed in 1960 with virtually no public consultation. At
the same time, the U.S. Public Health Service was funding the promotion of fluoridation
(see http://www.npwa.freeserve.co.uk/brief4.html). A legal challenge in 1963 failed in
the High Court and then in the Supreme Court. The government legal team, defending
fluoridation, was given tremendous help by U.S. government agencies. (See George
Waldbott's 1965 book, A Struggle With Titans.) Since then, the cover-up by the health
authorities and the medical profession has been outstandingly successful.
There has been no public debate until now. There has been no research on the effects of
fluoridation except a few studies directed by dentist academics who champion
fluoridation. This article in the Irish Times, May 17th, 1999, shows what the public is
told:
www.ireland.com/newspaper/science/1999/0517/sci1.htm
Last year, the media reported that 20% of Irish adults suffer from Irritable Bowel
Syndrome, a serious and debilitating illness linked to fluoridated water. See Irish
Times, June 4th, 1998, or URL:
www.ireland.com/scripts/search/highlight.plx?TextRes=Irritable&Path=/newspaper/ireland/1998/0604/hom1.htm
The media reports didn't mention fluoridation.
Many dentists, and probably many doctors, simply don't know how toxic fluoride is. Some
doctors and dentists will admit in private that they don't agree with fluoridation, but
they're afraid to say it in public. Most Irish Government and EU offices, and some
County Council offices, use bottled spring water at taxpayers' expense. Some Irish
members of parliament asked questions in the Dail (parliament) but the Minister for
Health gave deliberately misleading answers.
Here's another example of the ignorance and the cover-up that characterize the
fluoridation of Ireland. Recently, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, a government
agency, issued recommendations about how to feed infants. They advised that mineral
water should not be used to make up bottle feeds as it may have "inadequate fluoride"!
See www.ireland.com/newspaper/ireland/1999/0831/hom3.htm. The Irish Times did not
publish a letter written to correct this dangerous disinformation.
The good news is the new campaign by the environmental group Voice:
www.voice.buz.org/fluoridation/index.html
Their website gives a good overview of fluoridation in Ireland. They are also
distributing a printed information leaflet.
-- Joe Thornton joet61@hotmail.com
California $10 million dollar fluoridation grant
January 15
California Headlines Friday January 15 6:44 AM
Grant To Help Fluoridate Water - (SACRAMENTO) -- An endowment
supported by the dental community has donated ten million dollars to help
California cities add fluoride to their water supplies. The grant from
the California Endowment will help buy equipment and materials for cities
that plan to fluoridate their drinking water. State health officials say
only 17 percent of the state's drinking water is fluoridated.
I do not know if all these links are still good,
but here they are.
Laura
aka The Pied Piper
(New 18 Nov 98)
Links are from my home page under #7
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