Calgarians attending the hearing in the Council Chamber listen as different sides debate about bringing fluoride back into water. Photo by Andrea Wong The room was divided during Tuesday’s public hearing as city councillors listened to opposing sides of a possible decision to add fluoride into Calgary’s drinking water once again. Water fluoridation has been […]
Environmental groups have voiced concern that Russia is again accepting shipments of uranium tails, a byproduct formed when uranium is enriched, from a German nuclear fuel firm, reigniting a debate over whether the substance meets the definition of nuclear waste. The shipments of the toxic compound – also called uranium hexafluoride – were halted in […]
CALGARY—The city’s long and controversial fluoride debate could be back on ice as both the province and the city say they shouldn’t have to pay to put it back in Calgary’s tap water. A council committee spent all day Tuesday discussing water fluoridation in the first substantive look at the issue at city hall since […]
Contamination levels of cyanide and fluoride at Alcoa’s Badin Works facility in Badin, North Carolina, are higher than a new permit allows. (© Nancy Pierce/Flight by Southwings) Residents of the community surrounding North Carolina’s Badin Lake celebrated in June when SELC negotiated a settlement requiring a former aluminum smelting operation, shuttered in the ‘90s, to […]
Abstract The increase in dental fluorosis in young people shows that the methods used to tackle the disease are ineffective. Typically, people around the world use groundwater for most activities, and this is the case of people especially in western Bahia, Brazil. In this region, aquifers can contain anomalous concentrations of fluoride. Thus, it is […]
Bolatanga, Oct. 31, GNA – The Upper East Region generally has a favourable groundwater potential with a low fluoride content that can serve the people for a long time, a survey carried out in the region has revealed. Mr John Nedjo, a consultant and leader of the survey team, said the ground water in parts […]
To the editor: Incumbent councilors at-large Melissa Cox and Jamie O’Hara do their homework. They also respectfully listen to their constituents, whether they agree with them or not. They deserve to be reelected. Candidates for councilors at large Chris DiMercurio Sicuranza, Peter Cannavo, John McCarthy and Joe Ciolino also seem to share those traits. Any […]
NEW YORK, Oct. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Water fluoridation is linked to Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) (Environment International December 2019), adding to the growing pile of scientific literature linking fluoride to neurological disorders e.g. lower IQ, Autism, poor memory, dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease. Governments failed to determine fluoride’s toxic brain effects before declaring fluoridation safe in the early 1900’s, reports the […]
Calgary removed fluoride from its drinking water in 2011 Calgary’s never-ending fluoridation debate played out again at city hall on Tuesday, but if you’re reading this looking for a resolution on the issue, you can stop now — there wasn’t one. Earlier this year, city council asked the O’Brien Institute of Public Health at the University […]
The often contentious debate over putting fluoride back in Calgary’s drinking water was once again before city council on Tuesday. Council reviewed the requested new report from the University of Calgary’s O’Brien Institute for Public Health on all evidence — both pro and con — on water fluoridation, while also inviting the public to speak […]
