Kick in the teeth for Minister of Health & Fluoride.

["Fluoride Free Water " <fluoridefree@eircom.net> (by way of Keith Whyte <keith@tbmc.ie>)]

FLUORIDE FREE WATER

www.fluoridefree.com

KICK IN THE TEETH FOR MINISTER OF HEALTH.

PRESS RELEASE 1/10/2001

Micheal Martin received a timely reminder last week when his own local 
authority, Cork Corporation, passed a motion opposing water fluoridation. 
After lobbying from citizen's group Fluoride Free Cork, the Corporation 
passed the following motion on 27/9/2001:

"That Cork Corporation calls on the Government and Minister for Health to 
amend the Health (Fluoridation of Water Supplies) Act 1960, so as to allow 
the local authorities to make the final decision on whether drinking water 
should be fluoridated."

Cork Corporation, which partially encompasses Minister Martin's 
constituency (Cork-South Central), is now opposed to the practice of mass 
medicating our drinking water with chemical fluoride. Minister Martin's 
pro-fluoride stance is now out of touch with his local authority. 
Interestingly, Minister Martin was previously an elected member of Cork 
Corporation and acted as Lord Mayor of Cork 1992-1993.(1) Now, this motion 
is a local vote of NO confidence for the Minister and his Forum on 
Fluoridation.

In addition, Cork Corporation, which includes six T.D.s, also encompasses 
University College Cork. This college houses Cork Dental Hospital and the 
Caries Research Centre from which Professor Denis O Mullane has espoused 
the virtues of water fluoridation for thirty years. Professor O Mullane is 
a major player in Minister Martin's pro-fluoride Forum. Moreover, Minister 
Martin is a former member of the Governing Body of University College 
Cork,(2) which may explain his unwavering support for this mass-medication 
without consent.(3)

Dr. Don Mac Auley, dentist and advisor to Fluoride Free Water, stated, "we 
congratulate Cork Corporation on their ethical stance. There are now nine 
County Councils, two City Corporations and seven Urban District Councils 
opposing water fluoridation.(4) Last week the Consumers' Association of 
Ireland also demanded an end to this undemocratic, unsafe practice.(5) He 
continued, "the tide has turned, the Irish public is becoming more aware of 
the damage caused by fluoride but still Minister Martin does nothing. There 
is no confidence in his pro-fluoride forum. Fluoride Free Water is now 
planning to run single-issue candidates in the forthcoming general 
election. Minister Martin's constituency Cork-South Central is our primary 
target."

For further information, please contact Dr. Don Mac Auley, surgery phone 
no. 046 21203.

1. Department of Health and Children website http://www.doh.ie/ministers/
2. Fianna Fail website http://www.fiannafail.ie/about/whos_who/7bio.htm
3. Department of Health press releases 
http://www.doh.ie/pressroom/pr20000529.html
4. Fluoride Free Water website 
http://homepage.eircom.net/~fluoridefree/twocouncils.htm
5. Irish Times 26/9/2001 
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/ireland/2001/0926/hom11.htm

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