Review of fluoride use in water to be completed by Christmas

A review on the use of fluoride in the public water system will be completed by Christmas amid growing calls for the practice to be scrapped.

It emerged yesterday that Bantry in West Cork is the latest town to call for a ban on fluoride in the water supply, following the unanimous passing of a motion by Cork County Council on Monday asking for the removal of fluoride from public water.

The Irish Examiner yesterday revealed that Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney had told a meeting of Fine Gael councillors that an international group of consultants is to be appointed by the Government to examine the use of fluoride in the public water supply.