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EU scientific committee further compromised by conflict of interest on fluoride
Press Release 26 February 2010
Its competence already queried at inception in June 2009 by International Society of Doctors for Environment(ISDE) (1), the EU’s Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks (SCHER) which is investigating fluoridation chemicals, has now been accused of a conflict of interest. SCHER’s credibility is thus further compromised by one of its members having actively co-promoted fluoridation in Switzerland. Read the rest of this entry »
Gormley’s fluoride safety study won’t be ready until 2012
Eilish O’Regan, Health Correspondent (Typed from hard copy as not available in e-version of Irish Independent of 13/02/2010) Followed by response by VOICE Stop- Fluoride campaigner Robert Pocock
A study on the safety of fluoride in public drinking supplies will not be available until 2012 – more than five years after Green Party leader John Gormley promised to outlaw the chemical if elected to government. It is already nearly three years since the study was promised in the Programme for Government. Read the rest of this entry »
Another opportunity to protest against Poolbeg Incinerator
Well done to all those who got out and protested against the proposed Poolbeg incinerator last Saturday 30th January in Ringsend. There were trade unions, politicians and locals together voicing their outrage about the proposed incinerator for Poolbeg. The event got great media attention and featured on the RTE Six One news that evening. See the link below for more http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0130/incinerator.html
Tomorrow, February 3rd, there will be another protest outside a conference being held with the company who are to run the incinerator, Covanta at the Westbury Hotel, Grafton Street at 11am. Show your support and go along! The event is organised by the Combined Residents Against Incineration (CRAI) group based in Ringsend.
Combined Residents Against Incineration (CRAI)Event this Saturday
‘No Monster Incinerator In Dublin Bay”
11.30am, Sat. Jan 30th, Dublin Waste to Energy Project, Clanna Gael, Sean Moore Road, Ringsend, D4–Bring friends, children, family, workmates- they need a big turnout!