John Gormley
Question:220 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Health and Children if he can provide scientific evidence which proves that fluoride is safe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23210/99]
Written Answers. - Fluoride Safety.
All of the reputable scientific evidence confirms the safety of fluoride when it is available in public piped water supplies at the optimal levels. These levels are the same as those required by the regulations.
There is an abundance of scientific evidence, which is easily accessible, to attest to the safety of fluoride at the levels which have been optimally determined by scientific research.
John Gormley
Question:221 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Health and Children the studies, if any, carried out on the toxicity of sodium fluoride to all body organs before it was added to drinking water supplies in 1963; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23211/99]
The Fluorine Consultative Council fully evaluated the research and concluded that adding fluoride to water at the levels set out in the Health (Fluoridation of Water Supplies) Act, 1960, No. 4 of 1960, was safe for human health.
John Gormley
Question:222 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Health and Children if fluoride was ever passed as a safe drug by the Medicine Control Agency of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23215/99]
I understand from the Irish Medicines Board that there are seven products containing sodium fluoride which are currently authorised by the board. These products are as follows:
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Product Name |
Function |
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Luborant Saliva Replacement |
Saliva Replacement Solution |
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Additrace 10ml |
Toothpaste |
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Colgate Fluorigard (Grape) 0.5mg |
Tablets for drinking water fluoride supplementation |
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Colgate TOTAL 0.30, 0.32 %w/w |
Toothpaste |
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Duraphat 2800 Toothpaste 0.619 %w/v |
Toothpaste |
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Peditrace |
IV solution for Trace Element Nutrition |
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Macleans Sensitive |
Toothpaste |