• DOI:10.1136/BMJ.320.7249.1560
Corpus ID: 12808701

Ireland might relax fluoride rules

@article{Payne2000IrelandMR,
  title={Ireland might relax fluoride rules},
  author={D. Payne},
  journal={BMJ : British Medical Journal},
  year={2000},
  volume={320},
  pages={1560}
}

D. Payne

Published 2000

Medicine

BMJ : British Medical Journal

The Republic of Ireland is to consider relaxing laws that require the fluoridation of all drinking water amid mounting controversy over the alleged health risks of the practice. Michael Martin, the Irish health minister, has appointed a committee of environmental and health specialists to examine the evidence on fluoridation and advise on any need for new legislation. Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland banned water fluoridation during the 1970s and 1980s because not enough was known about… CONTINUE READING

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