Re: [Fwd: attn: Brian Cowen TD, re: Fluoridation]

[John Fitzgibbon <fitzgij@mail.connect.ie>]

I've recently got a letter 2 page letter from the EHB Dept of public health
signed by Brian P O Herlihy, Dir of Public Health.  I presume it is a
standard reply but seems quite plausible & to refute many of the arguments
supplied.  Anyone want to ring me on this at 2853387. I can't progress
further without advice.

Thank u,  John Fitz

At 12:12 01/12/99 +0000, you wrote:
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>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject: attn: Brian Cowen TD, re: Fluoridation
>Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 12:19:13 GMT
>From: "Keith Whyte" <kwhyte@geocities.com>
>Reply-To: kwhyte@geocities.com
>To: Ruth_O'Flaherty@health.irlgov.ie
>
>Dear Minister, 
>I read with interest in yesterday's Irish Times, (30 Nov 99) that you
>stated
>that you would like to see a 50 pence increase in the price of a packet
>of cigarettes.
>
>I am presuming that this is because you believe that cigarettes damage
>the health of smokers
>and that a price increase may deter them from smoking.
>Very commendable.
>Might I remind you that there was a time when people believed that
>smoking was not a health hazard, in fact as I understand it, beliefs
>that it was good for you were common.
>
>Now, regardless of whether or not one believes that smoking is good or
>bad for the health, one still has a choice about whether to smoke or
>not. Not so with ingesting fluoride. We are all forced, and I might add
>will soon be forced to ingest higher quantities of this poison, through
>your department's policy of fluoridating the public water supply. 
>
>I urge you, Minister, to allocate as much of the departments resources
>as you can to researching and discovering the truth about this highly
>damaging substance. I urge you, Minister to do this, so that you, and
>your department will not look 'silly' when the public learns this truth.
>I don't know, maybe you want to be laughed at in the future - 'Hah, hah,
>there goes the man who thought fluoride was good for us' they will say. 
>
>I will write again shortly to see how the research is going. If you need
>any help looking for accurate documentation on the proof of damage
>caused by fluoride, please do not hesitate to contact me.
>
>Minister, if you do not show me that you are putting some of OUR
>resources into finding out the truth about fluoride, and generating an
>open public debate about whether or not it is wanted, this, along with
>your policy of taking natural medicines out of the reach of the people,
>will force me to come to the conclusion that you are a very bad
>candidate for the position of Minister for Health.
>
>Sincerely,
>Keith Whyte,
>
>Hillside, 
>Bray Road,
>Cabinteely,
>Dublin 18.
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