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On June 26 the town of Drayton Valley officially shut off the fluoride tap in our water treatment plant. There are no plans to turn it back on until the town has done sufficient research into whether fluoridation is harmful or beneficial to residents. Bernie Berube, senior plant operator for the water treatment plant in […]

The Henry Kroeger Water Treatment Plant here in town is hoping to make some new health and safety related changes to their facilities in upcoming months. Garth Carl, operations manager at the treatment plant, said that new machinery will be brought in that uses salt and electricity to disinfect the water instead of the highly […]

Fluoride has been added to the tap water in Drayton Valley since the mid 1960s, but that may all be about to end. Last Wednesday town council heard a presentation from water plant manager Bernie Berube, who urged them to abandon the process. Fluoride is added to drinking water because it helps to prevent dental […]

Those who questioned the use of fluoride in the municipal water supply were once thought to be wacky, like the U.S. general in the 1964 classic movie Dr. Strangelove. Today, years after that Hollywood portrayal of fluoridation as a communist plot, the public has every reason to wonder — and worry — whether the chemical […]

A Calgary alderman is urging council to revisit the issue of adding fluoride to city drinking water. Ald. Druh Farrell said she’s concerned by new information on the damaging effects of fluoridating water and is thinking of bringing the issue to council. “It always makes sense to review new information,” said Farrell. Water fluoridation has […]

A look back at the growth of our city from the archives of the Calgary Herald April 16, 1955: Dentists of Alberta reaffirmed their support of a fluoridation program for communal water supplies throughout the province when they met Friday at the annual meeting of the Alberta Dental Association, held at the Palliser Hotel. Their […]

EDMONTON – An ongoing North American shortage of fluoride is forcing Epcor to reduce levels in the Edmonton region’s treated drinking water. Company officials insist the move is temporary, and will have no impact on the dental health of the public, which has been tapping into the reported benefits of the enamel-protecting compound for 40 […]

Residents getting their drinking water from the water plant in Falher probably have not noticed that the water has not contained fluoride for almost one month. Fluoride was discontinued in early September after a measuring metre malfunctioned. Extensive research shows that fluoride in water is more harmful than healthy. “Latest studies indicate that ingestion of […]

CALGARY — A worldwide fluoride shortage could reignite a decades-old debate on whether the City of Calgary should keep adding the chemical to its water supply. Civic officials have said they will know within two months if the global shortage will affect Calgary’s supply, as Ottawa goes without the cavity-fighting fluoride for extended periods and […]

A worldwide fluoride shortage could reignite a decades-old debate on whether the City of Calgary should keep adding the chemical to its water supply. Civic officials have said they will know within two months if the global shortage will affect Calgary’s supply, as the City of Ottawa goes without the cavity-fighting fluoride for extended periods […]