Water Campaign
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. (more…)
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. (more…)
Having a Say on new Water Advisory Councils
Nationwide Meetings to select Environmental Representatives for new River Basin Water Advisory Councils
Environmental Reps. for New Water Advisory Councils
The Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) is co-hosting, with its member environmental groups* a series of meetings nationwide to select the environmental representatives to go forward for seven water Advisory Councils; one in each of seven regions (River Basin Districts) throughout the country.
What’s the purpose of the meeting and who should attend? The purpose of the meetings is to select the best qualified nominees from the environmental community, which we will then put forward to represent the environment on the River Basin District water Advisory Councils. If you are interested in how the rivers, lakes, bays and groundwater of your region are managed and you would like a say in who should represent the environment on the new Water Advisory Councils, to promote sustainable water management, then this meeting is for you. You may even be interested in putting yourself forward for the Council. If so, then your participation in one of these meetings is particularly welcome. Contact info@swanireland.ie for all the information you need and see the Events tab of the VOICE website for locations and times of the meetings.