DOWN THE DRAIN I read Licia Corbella’s opinion on fluoride in the Wednesday Sun and agree with her position. With the U of C report coming out, it will be wasting more of our tax dollars with council debating it once again. As stated, in 2011 it was going to cost $6 million just to […]
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Letters by Block & Coldridge in response to Corbella’s July 17 column
Fluoride facts versus fear by Matthew Block, Calgary Re: Fluoride doesn’t belong in our water supply; The experts clearly had ‘settled science’ wrong and our children paid the price, Opinion, July 17 Licia Corbella’s recent column on fluoride is profoundly anti-scientific. She uses the techniques of the anti-vaccine movement, such as fearmongering and including many […]
Massey letter 2: Pro-fluoridation doctors fail to reassure
In their recent letter (Water fluoridation claims disputed by doctors, Cape Breton Post, June 22), Dr. Daniela Kempkens, Dr. Ferne Kraglund and Dr. Robert Strang said they wished to address “misinformation” about community water fluoridation, specifically with respect to recent U.S. government-funded studies of Mexican mother-child pairs that strongly suggest harm occurs at exposure levels […]
Corbella: Fluoride doesn’t belong in our water supply
When our twin sons were born in 1997, the City of Calgary had been adding one part per million of fluoride to our drinking water, which began in 1991. Back then, health officials declared that the “science was settled” and I, like many other Calgarians, stupidly and unthinkingly believed their earnest declarations that adding fluoride […]
EDITORIAL: Time to add fluoride, Squamish?
It is time for Squamish residents to have a scientifically-informed discussion about fluoridation in our drinking water. Currently, our water doesn’t have enhanced fluoridation, even though the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention named water fluoridation as one of the 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century. Fluoridation has been a thing […]
High fluoride in Ridgetown water
The level of naturally occurring fluoride in the municipal water supply in Ridgetown is above the Maximum Allowable Concentration (MAC) of 1.5 parts per million. Small children, whose permanent teeth are not yet formed and who are drinking water with fluoride levels above 1.5 parts per million, may develop dental fluorosis. Dental fluorosis causes the […]
Natural fluoride levels in Ridgetown water supply exceed acceptable levels
Ridgetown residents who rely on well water should have their supply analyzed to check fluoride levels. (Tina MacKenzie/CBC) Flouride levels exceeded 1.5 parts per million Ridgetown residents have been warned about the level of naturally occurring fluoride in the community’s water supply. According to Chatham-Kent officials, Ridgetown’s water supply was found to contain levels of […]
Letter to Calgary Councillors: Evidence of the O’Brien Institute’s firmly entrenched, pro-fluoridation position.
Dear Councillors, Subject: evidence of the O’Brien Institute’s firmly entrenched, pro-fluoridation position. Dr. Ghali of the O’Brien Institute insisted on Feb. 25th that the Institute will provide you an unbiased dossier on water fluoridation. Yet the following examples from the Institute’s social media posts, newsletters and other documents clearly demonstrate a firmly entrenched, pro-fluoridation position. Dozens […]
High levels of dental decay seen at screening event
Nearly half of children who received a free dental screening at a weekend event in Calgary hadn’t seen a dentist in the previous year and had visible decay, according to the group behind the event. Free dental screenings were offered at the Genesis Centre on Sunday by Calgarians For Kids’ Health. Of the 97 children […]
Kempkens, Kraglund & Strang Letter: Community water fluoridation claims disputed by doctors
In an editorial note from the editors that explained the background of the letters published since May 27, 2019, on the fluoridation issue: On May 27, the Cape Breton Post published a column by Sydney resident Marlene Kane which called for a ban on water fluoridation. On June 6, the Post published a letter from […]