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Proposed bill would ban fluoride from Ireland’s water
A NEW BILL would see people prosecuted for putting fluoride into the water supply in Ireland – and they could serve up to five years in prison. Sinn Féin spokesperson on Environment, Community and Local Government, Brian Stanley TD published the Health Fluoridation of Water Supplies Repeal Bill 2013 today, in an effort to ensure [...]
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Skibb calls for fluoride ban
A CAMPAIGNING journalist with ‘Hot Press’ has highlighted Ireland’s controversial fluoridation policy with a two-page spread in the popular national magazine. A motion tabled by the Skibbereen-based Fine Gael councillor, Brendan McCarthy, came to the attention of the journalist following the April meeting of the town council. In the May 8th edition of ‘Hot Press’ [...]
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Harvard Professor links fluoride to brain toxicity
Dr. Philippe Grandjean, adjunct Professor of Environmental Health at Harvard University has highlighted fluoride as one of a menu of chemicals identified as dangerous to brain toxicity. In his most recent book – Only One Chance: How Environmental Pollution Impairs Brain Development – and How to Protect the Brains of the Next Generation – the [...]
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Ireland: 4 in 5 have gum disease
Note from FAN: Ireland is the only country to have mandatory fluoridation Gum disease affects four out of five people in Ireland, but many may be unaware they have the condition because there are often no symptoms in the early stages, dental health professionals have warned. They have just launched a new medical information leaflet [...]
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The Girl Against Fluoride
When Aisling FitzGibbon was alerted to the toxic nature of fluoride, she removed it from her drinking water – with remarkable results in terms of improved health. Now she is taking a case against Ireland’s mandatory fluoridation… Aisling FitzGibbon had suffered from depression and low energy for several years. A native of Tralee in Co. [...]
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An Open Letter To The Junior Minister for Health
The drinking water consumed by the Irish population is systematically laced with the known neurotoxin fluoride, a policy numerous eminent specialists believe poses a grave danger to the health of men, women and children. Here, we pose a series of questions to the Minister in charge of fluoridation policy, Alex White. We believe the Irish [...]
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Minister accepts Open Letter with 27 questions from Hot Press
Hot Press journalist Adrienne Murphy, along with the self-styled ‘Girl Against Fluoride’, Aisling FitzGibbon, personally delivered a set of 27 questions in the form of an Open Letter to Junior Minister for Health, Alex White – the Minister in charge of Ireland’s fluoridation policy – at the Department of Health yesterday, Wednesday, March 20th. Murphy [...]
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Minister accepts Open Letter with 27 questions from Hot Press
Hot Press journalist Adrienne Murphy, along with the self-styled ‘Girl Against Fluoride’, Aisling FitzGibbon, personally delivered a set of 27 questions in the form of an Open Letter to Junior Minister for Health, Alex White – the Minister in charge of Ireland’s fluoridation policy – at the Department of Health yesterday, Wednesday, March 20th. Murphy [...]
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Fluoride: Why Are We Taking Crazy Unnecessary Risks?
Irish whistle-blowing scientist, Declan Waugh has just published his second report on the health risks associated with the Republic of Ireland’s mandatory water fluoridation policy. In our second part of a fluoride investiagion, Hot Press takes an exclusive look at a document that eviscerates the official position on an increasingly controversial public policy. In the [...]
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‘Brave woman’ who challenged State over fluoridation
Gladys Ryan Born: October 24th, 1921 Died: February 23rd, 2013 Gladys Ryan, who died last Saturday aged 91, was a household name in Ireland in the early 1960s when she took a High Court action against the State to prevent the addition of fluoride to the national water supply. The case lasted 65 days and [...]
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