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To: The Government

End Fluoridation in the water supply

Remove fluoride from the public water supply

Why is this important?

Because fluoride is a nasty chemical which should not be in the people's water supply

The Republic of Ireland (not Northern Ireland) is now one of the last places in Europe that still poison the people's water supply and pay for the privilege.

Europe
Out of a population of about three-quarters of a billion, under 14 million people (approximately a mere 2%) in Europe receive artificially fluoridated water. Those people are in the UK (5,797,000), Republic of Ireland (3,250,000), Spain (4,250,000), and Serbia (300,000).[9]

The first water fluoridation in Europe was in West Germany and Sweden in 1952, bringing fluoridated water to about 42,000 people. By mid-1962, about 1 million Europeans in 18 communities in 11 countries were receiving fluoridated water.[44]

Many European countries have rejected water fluoridation in general. This including Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland,[45] Scotland,[46] Iceland, and Italy.

A 2003 survey of over 500 Europeans from 16 countries concluded that "the vast majority of people are opposed water fluoridation".

IRELAND
The majority of drinking water is fluoridated. Around 2012, 3.25 million people received artificially-fluoridated water.[9] 71% of the population in 2002 resided in fluoridated communities.[60] The fluoridation agent used is hydro fluorosilicic acid (HFSA; H2SiF6).[61] In a 2002 public survey, 45% of respondents expressed some concern about fluoridation.[62]

In 1957, the Department of Health established a Fluorine Consultative Council which recommended fluoridation at 1.0 ppm of public water supplies, then accessed by ~50% of the population.[63]

This was felt to be a much cheaper way of improving the quality of children's teeth than employing more dentists.[64] This led to the Health (Fluoridation of Water Supplies) Act 1960, which mandated compulsory fluoridation by local authorities.[64][65] The statutory instruments made in 1962–65 under the 1960 Act were separate for each local authority, setting the level of fluoride in drinking water to 0.8–1.0 ppm.[66][67] The current regulations date from 2007 and set the level to 0.6–0.8 ppm, with a target value of 0.7 ppm.[68]

Implementation of fluoridation was held up by preliminary dental surveying and water testing,[69] and a court case, Ryan v. Attorney General.[70] In 1965, the Supreme Court rejected Gladys Ryan's claim that the Act violated the Constitution of Ireland's guarantee of the right to bodily integrity.[70][71]

By 1965, Greater Dublin's water was fluoridated; by 1973, other urban centres were.[72] Studies from the late 1970s to mid-1990s showed a higher decrease in (and lower incidence of) dental decay in school children living in areas where water was fluoridated than in areas where water was not fluoridated.[73]

A private member's bill to end fluoridation was defeated in the Dáil on 12 November 2013.[74][75] It was supported by Sinn Féin and some of the technical group and opposed by the Fine Gael-Labour government and Fianna Fáil.[75][76][77]

Recently there is much local opposition to the national fluoridation mandate. Early in 2014, Cork County Council and Laois County Council passed motions for the cessation of water fluoridation. In Autumn 2014, Cork City Council, Dublin City Council,[58][59] and Kerry County Council passed similar motions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluoridation_by_country

There is no evidence that it really improves or is good for your teeth but there is REAL evidence that it damages your brain and causes thyroid problems in women

Updates

2019-05-23 14:16:02 +0100

100 signatures reached

2016-09-13 11:55:49 +0100

50 signatures reached

2016-06-20 23:54:03 +0100

25 signatures reached

2016-06-20 10:22:27 +0100

10 signatures reached