The campaign against the mandatory fluoridation of the water supply in Ireland steps up a gear on 10th July, when Aisling FitzGibbon, aka “The Girl Against Fluoride”, and whistleblowing scientist, Declan Waugh, will be given the opportunity to brief elected representatives and staff at the Dail on the subject of water fluoridation.
The anti-fluoride activists have been invited to give the brief by Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley, who is sponsoring a Private Members Bill that would bring the practice of fluoridation to an end.
“My goal in speaking at the Dáil is to raise awareness of the safety and ethical issues of ongoing water fluoridation. The government keeps parroting the opinions of the Irish Expert Body on Fluorides and Health. My view is that the Expert Body is a government-appointed, pro-fluoridationist group, whose main job seems to be to dismiss the growing evidence for the adverse health effects of fluoride.”
While the Irish Expert Body has insisted to Hot Press that it takes all of the relevant scientific evidence into account in formulating its views, opponents of fluoride are unrepentant in their criticism.
“It’s critical that TDs look beyond what the Expert Body is saying,” Aisling adds. “TDs need to educate themselves on the ethics and safety of mandatory water fluoridation, before deciding whether it’s right to keep mass-medicating the population without their informed consent.” FitzGibbon is urging TDs to forego party politics for the sake of the population’s health, and support Brian Stanley’s bill.
“If the government continues to fluoridate our water, it could have disastrous implications for our export trade,” stresses FitzGibbon. “Awareness is growing abroad that Irish food and drink products have high levels of fluoride contamination. We’re the only European country poisoning our water – and anything we make with water – with fluoride. The rest of Europe are clear they do not want this.
“Are TDs willing to take responsibility for a ban or boycott on fluoride-contaminated Irish products? Because that’s where this crazy policy is leading.”
Next issue, Hot Press investigates the truth about the amount of fluoride in a variety of food and drink products in Ireland and asks the question – has the Food Safety Authority of Ireland got it badly wrong?