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Open wide…your mind that is. It’s time to brush up on fluoride — again. Yes, we’ve been down this cavity, er, road before, but five city aldermen say it’s time to reopen the debate on water fluoridation. We agree for several reasons. The last time this issue was really looked at publicly was during the […]

Five aldermen want to once again sink their teeth into the fluoride debate by calling on their colleagues to halt the city’s practice of fluoridating water. In the latest attempt to stop the rule that’s been in place since 1991, the group of five says the cost of fluoridation, the prospect of multimillion-dollar upgrades and […]

RED DEER — A fight is brewing in Red Deer over the city’s plan to add fluoride to its drinking water supply. Fluoridation opponents are upset, saying the cavity-fighting chemical causes more harmful health effects than good. Resident Diane Hermary has formed Citizens United to Remove Fluoride from Red Deer’s Water Supply on the social […]

Fluoridation of Drayton Valley’s drinking water is now a thing of the past. Last Wednesday town council voted to make the temporary suspension of the practice a permanent move. Fluoride had been added to the town’s water supply since 1966 to help prevent dental problems, particularly in children. However, last year Drayton Valley’s water plant […]

Fluoride will be reintroduced into Red Deer tap water in early 2009 if a deal with a supplier is ironed out. Fluoride hasn’t been in the treated water supply for a year, since a shortage of the cavity-fighting chemical began. But the shortage appears to have eased. “It looks like one of our suppliers has […]

Despite the ongoing and often heated debate, it’s clear Health Canada is not particularly concerned about fluoride in tap water. Or is it? It commissioned an independent study, which reported in January 2007 that governments should lower the amount of fluoride in water and urge makers of toothpaste and baby formula to reduce it in […]

Mayor Moe Hamdon hopes to have Drayton Valley’s fluoride question answered once and for all by the end of the year. Fluoride is widely used to prevent dental cavities, especially in children. It was first added to Drayton Valley’s water supply in 1966 and the practice continued uninterrupted until earlier this year. That’s when council […]

If there was any doubt about the need for City Hall to reopen the debate over how much fluoride is too much, it’s been rinsed away by a new report. The expert panel that wrote the Health Canada report wants to reduce the amount of fluoride to which children are exposed. The panel made three […]

WINNIPEG – Manitoba health officials are considering reducing the amount of fluoride in drinking water after Health Canada experts concluded the current level should be cut to limit potential health hazards. Health Canada commissioned a panel of experts in January 2007 to review the potential harms of exposure to fluoride through drinking water. The panel […]

Edmonton-area residents will soon have less fluoride in their tap water, thanks to Health Canada. Capital Health’s Dr. Gerry Predy told Sun Media that he will ask EPCOR, which provides water to the city and surrounding communities, to reduce the maximum amount of the chemical that it adds to the water supply, from 0.8 parts […]