Paschal Mooney (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Citing impacts on the environment, the economy and on health the Green Party of Canada seeks a ban on artificial fluoridation products. The 2000 Nobel Prize winner for medicine, Arvid Carlsson, who opposes water fluoridation took the debate to the Swedish Parliament where he helped to convince it that it should be illegal on ethical grounds. The US National Kidney Foundation has updated its position on fluoridation by saying that individuals with CKD should be notified of the potential risk of fluoride exposure by providing information on its website. However, in favour of fluoridation the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said the fluoridation of public water has been hailed as one of the top medical achievements of the 20th century which has been mentioned by earlier speakers. It ranks 9th on this list, ahead of recognition of tobacco use as a health hazard. The American Dental Association said water fluoridation is unquestionably-----