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S.I. No. 130/1965 - Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Cork) Regulations, 1965.
Table of Provisions (24)
Statutory Text (24 Articles)
1. The Cobh piped water supply.
2. The Youghal piped water supply.
3. The Midleton piper water supply.
4. The Fermoy piped water supply.
5. The Skibbereen piped water supply.
6. The Macroom piped water supply.
7. The Kinsale piped water supply.
8. The Mitchelstown piped water supply.
9. The Mallow Regional piped water supply.
10. The Bandon piped water supply.
11. The Bantry piped water supply.
12. The Dunmanway piped water supply.
13. The Kanturk piped water supply.
14. The Glanmire Regional piped water supply.
15. The Leap Regional piped water supply.
16. The Castletownroche piped water supply.
17. The Millstreet piped water supply.
18. The Buttevant Regional piped water supply.
19. The Whitegate piped water supply.
20. The Schull-Ballydehob piped water supply.
21. The Ballea Regional piped water supply.
22. The Castletownbere piped water supply.
23. The Rathluirc piped water supply.
Article 6
SECOND SCHEDULE
(1) SPECIFICATION FOR SODIUM FLUORIDE
The substance shall contain a minimum of 98 per cent. sodium fluoride (NaF) by weight, providing 44.3 per cent available fluorine.
The substance shall not contain any toxic or harmful impurities when dissolved in water.
The content of insoluble material shall not exceed 0.5 per cent.
The moisture content shall not exceed 0.5 per cent.
The substance shall have a crystalline form (20-40 mesh particle size) and shall be free from dust.
(2) SPECIFICATION FOR SODIUM SILICOFLUORIDE
The substance shall contain a minimum of 98 per cent. sodium silicofluoride (Na
2
SiF
6
) by weight, providing 59 per cent. available fluorine.
The substance shall not contain any toxic or harmful impurities when dissolved in water.
The content of insoluble material shall not exceed 0.5 per cent.
The moisture content shall not exceed 0.5 per cent.
The substance shall be in the form of a powder and shall conform to the following sieve tests:—
(
a
) 100 per cent. to pass through a 40 mesh sieve;
(
b
) 95 per cent to pass through a 100 mesh sieve; and
(
c
) not less than 5 per cent. nor more than 35 per cent. to pass through a 325 mesh sieve.
(3) SPECIFICATION FOR HYDROFLUOSILICIC ACID OF 14 PER CENT. STRENGTH
The acid as supplied shall contain 14 per cent by weight of fluosilicic acid (H
2
SiF
6
), subject to a tolerance of 0.5 per cent. above or below that strength, and shall contain not more than 0.012 per cent. by weight " heavy metals " expressed as lead (Pb) and no other soluble mineral or organic substance in quantities capable of a deleterious or injurious effect upon health.
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health this 16th day of June, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty-five.
DONOGH O'MALLEY,
Minister for Health.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
These Regulations require Cork Health Authority to arrange for the fluoridation of the public water supplies specified in the First Schedule, in accordance with the conditions set out in articles 5, 6, 7 and 8. Under Article 4, Cobh, Youghal, Midleton, Fermoy, Skibbereen, Macroom and Kinsale Urban District Councils and Cork County Council, acting as agents for Cork Health Authority, are required to perform certain acts in relation to the fluoridation of their respective piped water supplies.
S.I. No. 130 of 1965.
FLUORIDATION OF WATER SUPPLIES (CORK) REGULATIONS, 1965.
The Minister for Health, having complied with subsection (4) of
Section 2
of the
Health (Fluoridation of Water Supplies) Act, 1960
(No. 46 of 1960) and having consulted with the Minister for Local Government, hereby makes the following Regulations :—