988 Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if he will abandon his water fluoridation policy in view of the recent opinion of the EU’s scientific committee on health and environmental risks, which found no obvious advantage to water fluoridation as compared to topical application of fluoride, deemed topical application a more efficient measure of preventing caries than water fluoridation, and found potential adverse effects of water fluoridation particularly in children and in view of the excessive costs involved in water fluoridation. [23988/11]

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988 Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if he will abandon his water fluoridation policy in view of the recent opinion of the EU’s scientific committee on health and environmental risks, which found no obvious advantage to water fluoridation as compared to topical application of fluoride, deemed topical application a more efficient measure of preventing caries than water fluoridation, and found potential adverse effects of water fluoridation particularly in children and in view of the excessive costs involved in water fluoridation. [23988/11]

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