According to the City of Calgary, fluoride will be added to Strathmore’s water supply sometime this summer. In the 2021 Calgary municipal election, residents were asked in a plebiscite whether they favoured reintroducing fluoridation to the city’s water. Sixty-one per cent of residents voted in favour, while only 38 per cent voted against the measure. […]
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Fluoridation of Calgary’s water supply delayed again
After voting in favour of resuming water fluoridation in 2021, Calgarians are still waiting for that to happen, and now the city says they will have to wait a little longer. While it has finished installing the necessary equipment to resume adding fluoride to drinking water at both the Glenmore and Bearspaw treatment plants, the city needs […]
Starting in March, this change is coming to Airdrie’s water supply
Starting in early March, Airdrie residents will again drink fluoridated water as the City of Calgary reintroduces fluoride into its municipal water supply. The City of Airdrie purchases its water from Calgary, where it is treated before traveling through supply mains to local reservoirs and then into homes, businesses, and fire hydrants. Because Airdrie does […]
Return of fluoride to Calgary’s water supply expected in March, city says
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 […]
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 […]