Question will be put to the public in October municipal election Calgary will hold yet another plebiscite on whether to restore fluoride to the city’s drinking water this fall. Council voted 10-4 in favour of allowing the electors to decide the issue on Monday. It will be put to the public during the 2021 municipal […]
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Strathmore left out of Calgary fluoride debate
Despite receiving its water from Calgary through a regional system, Strathmore has been left out of discussions about reintroducing fluoride to the city’s potable water. In 2011, Calgary water fluoridation was discontinued. But in 2019, the City of Calgary started discussions about adding fluoride to the city’s water supply once again. A report to Calgary […]
Calgary. Letter: Protect vulnerable and bolster economy with fluoride
Re: City council owes it to Calgary’s children to return fluoride to our water, Opinion, Dec. 26 Catherine Ford’s fluoride article has done Calgarians a service. City councillors should know that if children suffer because they willingly ignore medical advice or abdicate responsibility, their prospects at the ballot box will suffer. As Calgarians endure a […]
Future of fluoride in Calgary remains up in the air in 2021
The re-introduction of fluoride in the city’s water system has been a longstanding debate in the city’s history, and could become an election issue in October. Adam MacVicar reports. The re-introduction of fluoride in the city’s water system has been a longstanding debate in the city’s history, and could become an election issue in […]
Calgary. Letter: Money down the drain
Re: City council owes it to Calgary’s children to return fluoride to our water, Opinion, Dec. 26 Catherine Ford’s essay on fluoride is long on rhetoric and short on logic. Why would a city spend $10 million-plus to spike the water supply with fluoride while more than 99 per cent is flushed through the toilet […]
Ford: City council owes it to Calgary’s children to return fluoride to our water
Note from Fluoride Action Network: Catherine Ford is a columnist and has the right to share her opinion, however misinformed it is. She states, “The anti-fluoride crowd is passionate in its argument against the additive, calling it poison, saying it builds up in the body and causes all sorts of dreadful conditions, taking the “risk” […]
Juliet Guichon letter: No debate on fluoride
On Dec. 14, Calgary city council could have significantly helped Calgarians by 1. reducing pain, suffering, cost and misery; 2. wisely investing (spending $1.29 to save $55.47); 3. addressing racial inequity; 4. honouring the will of the people expressed in two plebiscites; 5. following medical advice; and 6. attracting young families. City council could have […]
Councillors to review costs of reintroducing fluoride in drinking water
CALGARY (660 NEWS) – The city’s drinking water will be a topic of discussion at City Hall on Monday. Councillors will review the costs associated with returning fluoride to the water after it was removed in 2011. The report coming to council pegs the initial cost to reintroduce the mineral at $30 million with an […]
Calgary. Letter: What about the waste?
A fluoride story this week suggests Calgary spend around $35 million over the next 20 years to reintroduce and maintain a fluoridated water supply. Does anyone have a clue just how many people drink tap water these days? Any studies to support this thinking? If the goal is to prevent tooth decay, how much fluoride […]
Fluoride’s future in Calgary still an open question after council eyes city report
The city stopped adding fluoride to drinking water after a council vote to remove it in 2011, and city officials say reintroducing it would cost $30.1 million over a 20-year service life A council committee looked at a new report on water fluoridation without much fanfare Tuesday. The city stopped adding fluoride to drinking water […]