Written answers
Wednesday, 14 January 2015
Department of Health
Water Fluoridation
Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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695. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Health Research Board's review of the international evidence on fluoridation of water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1696/15]
Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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The Department of Health keeps water fluoridation policy under constant review. As part of this ongoing work, a review of evidence on the impact of water fluoridation at its current level on the health of the population is being conducted by the Health Research Board on behalf of the Department. The review is currently being finalised.
Anna Felton
Posted on 19 Jan 2015 11:04 am (Report this comment)
The FSAI's (Food Safety Authority of Ireland) Total Diet Report (pub. 2008} is flawed in terms of its quantification of the burden of fluoride in our diet.
The tests of foods/beverages rinsed, washed, prepared and cooked with water used distilled water, not tap water. How can this possibly be a measure of how much fluoride we consume?