FOLLOWING the disclosure that hazardous waste at Haulbowline in Cork harbour has not been disposed of in accordance with accepted safety procedures, the Irish Doctors’ Environmental Association again calls for baseline biomonitoring of populations living in sites adjacent to landfill and industrial facilities.

THE water framework directive is, I believe, one of the best pieces of good news for some time. This important piece of legislation will ensure that all our water sources, including rivers, lakes and groundwater, will be of good quality by 2015.

WHILE much attention is being given to the financial problems in the health service, not all interventions need increased expenditure.

IT is unsurprising that an association between food colouring and behavioural problems has been noted.

WE welcome the initiative to have reporting of cancer mandatory and would also welcome the establishment of similar registers of asthma, diabetes and other chronic diseases.

IS it possible that another ‘rip-off’ happens to be our economic system because it somehow does not seem to value what is important?

THE sentiments expressed by Hugh Sheehy of Barcelona, Spain (Irish Examiner letters, March 24) for the Irish taxpayers are very touching.

CONTRARY to Hugh Sheehy’s assertion (letters, March 24), the claim by Dr Elizabeth Cullen of the Irish Doctors Environmental Association that there is “ample scientific evidence” on the dangers from mircrowave radiation from mobile phones and base stations is correct.

DOCTOR Elizabeth Cullen of the Irish Doctors’ Environmental Association writes again (letters, April 1) about the physiological changes she says are caused by mobile phone systems, and how we need to protect our health from the supposed mobile menace.

I REFER to Hugh Sheehy’s letter (March 21) in reply to my letter concerning health impacts from mobile telephone radiation.

DR ELIZABETH CULLEN of the Irish Doctors’ Environmental Association (Irish Examiner letters, March 18) claims there is “ample scientific evidence” to demonstrate that signals from mobile phone masts affect physiological processes, with the strong hint that these effects are negative to our health.

THE Irish Doctors’ Environmental Association supports the views of those who are concerned at the possible adverse health impact of radiation from mobile phones and masts.

THE Irish Doctors’ Environmental Association does not agree with the recent assertion by Prof David McConnell that we need GM foods for the 800 million starving people in the world.

TAX policies which helped develop the Celtic Tiger economy have made Irish people poorer, sicker and more stressed, it was claimed yesterday.

THE Irish Doctors’ Environmental Association (IDEA) welcomes the proposed investigation of the possible adverse health impact of living in close proximity to mobile telephone masts in Dublin city.

THE Irish Doctors' Environmental Association is disappointed to note that the Department of Health has no plans to undertake an assessment of the burden of environmental chemicals on the human body, such as carried out by the US Centre for Disease Control.

THE Irish Doctors’ Environmental Association unreservedly condemns the decision by An Bord Pleanála to site a toxic waste incinerator in Ringsakiddy.

PRESSURE was mounting on the Government last night to stop the State’s first toxic waste incinerator being built after two new studies found an increased incidence of stillbirths, deaths and heart disease in the vicinity of incinerators.

THE Irish Doctors Environmental Association unreservedly condemns any decision to use municipal incineration as a method of waste disposal.

THE Irish Doctors’ Environmental Association unreservedly condemns the decision of the Government to back moves to allow genetically engineered sweetcorn to be imported into the EU.