Gormley faces pressure as anti-fluoride lobby takes fight to EU

AN environmental group campaigning against the fluoridation of Irish drinking water is to take its battle to the EU.

And the Green Party is set to come under pressure to act on the campaign as, prior to this year’s election, it promised to stop fluoridation if put into government.

Voice of Irish Concern for the Environment (VOICE) has accused the Irish Medicines Board (IMB) of failing to act on the addition of fluoride to public water supplies — claiming that the hydrofluosilicic acid used should be classified as a medicine as it is put into water to treat or prevent dental problems.