The City of Calgary expects to start adding fluoride back into its water supply within a few weeks. The city says work to install equipment at its water treatment plants should wrap up by the end of March. In 2011, council voted to remove fluoride. In a 2021 plebiscite, 62 per cent of Calgary voters […]
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Settlement reached more than 5 years after CPSA complaint involving Calgary fluoridation critic
A settlement has been reached following a hearing on Monday concerning Dr. Robert Dickson, a retired family physician and vocal critic of water fluoridation in Calgary. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA) addressed a complaint related to Dickson’s public advocacy against fluoridating drinking water, a subject that has sparked fierce debate in […]
IN-DEPTH: What do Calgarians need to know about fluoride in city water?
Calgary city council after a 13-2 vote in 2021 passed a decision to add fluoride to drinking water, with the much-delayed initiative expected to go into effect in February 2025. The often heated debate on fluoride stems from the amount of fluoride added to water, and if the process of artificial fluoridation in a public […]
Calgary removed fluoride from its water supply. A decade later, it’s adding it back
JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Health and Human Services secretary, has said he would advise the United States to remove fluoride from drinking water if confirmed. Experts say that adding fluoride to the water supply prevents cavities, while other studies suggest high levels of fluoride can lower a […]
Here’s where Canadian experts stand on fluoridating drinking water
For decades, water fluoridation has played a key role in improving the oral health of North Americans, experts say, but the practice is coming under scrutiny in some communities as opponents gain new prominence in the U.S., pointing to research that cautions about the risks of exposure to the mineral in high doses. A low […]
How Calgary Was Duped – Fluoridation
After my livestream with Dr. Geoffrey Pain yesterday…and then listening to a Shaun Newman Podcast with a Calgary Doctor – Dr. Bob (listen here)…I had to get my head wrapped around this whole Fluoridation in the Water thing… The information provided by these doctors, who’ve dived into this for decades…was troubling. I’d done some research […]
‘Complicated, expensive and messy’: Calgary delays reintroducing fluoride to water supply — again
The reintroduction of fluoride into Calgary’s drinking water is facing extended delays, the city confirmed Friday. While the reinstatement of fluoride was expected to be completed this September, the city said construction of the required infrastructure upgrades at the Glenmore and Bearspaw water treatment plants is now expected to wrap up in the first quarter […]
Is Fluoride Safe and Effective? By Robert Dickson, MD
I am a medical doctor, and I strongly oppose artificial water fluoridation. It is said that if a lie or mistruth is repeated often enough, it will finally be accepted as true. Such is the case with the oft-stated mantra of the pro-fluoridationists, persisting for eight decades now—water fluoridation is “safe and effective.” Today, we […]
Calgary water fluoridation delayed again as implementation cost rises
The re-introduction of fluoride into Calgary’s drinking water is expected to take longer and cost more than originally anticipated. Calgary city council voted in favour of adding fluoride to the city’s water supply in November 2021, after a plebiscite during the municipal election resulted in 62 per cent of Calgarians voting in support. The project […]
Third-party advertisers funnelled more than $2M into Calgary election
There was big spending from parties looking to sway votes in the fluoridation plebiscite, but only one side disclosed their finances A view of city hall in downtown Calgary. Darren Makowichuk/Postmedia Third-party advertisers collectively spent more than $2 million on their efforts to influence Calgary’s municipal election last fall. That’s according to disclosures from the […]