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Despite an impassioned plea from a Prince Albert resident backed by a Canadian medical scholar, the city is cleared to resume the fluoridation of its drinking water. Local health advocate Maureen Logue first brought the issue to city council about a year ago, around the same time the city stopped injecting fluoride into its drinking […]

City council ran the gambit of discussion during Monday’s executive committee meeting. In addition to tentatively agreeing that voluntary snow removal is the way to go and that a handful of committees they deem as redundant will be dissolved, as reported in Tuesday’s Daily Herald, council discussed the following items. Since Monday’s meeting was an […]

Excerpt from Council Notes *Several chemical tenders for the water treatment plant were award. Border Chemical was awarded the aluminum sulphate tender for $63,210. Clear Tech was awarded the chlorine tender for $16,666.16, the potassium permanganate tender for $16,509 and the fluoride contract for $10,759.70. Brenntag Canada received the ammonium sulphate tender for $8,242.50 and […]

With the city’s water fluoridation program offline since 2010, a local anti-fluoride advocate is saying “good riddance.” “I’m relieved, because I wouldn’t consider drinking the water otherwise, because you can’t even get it out with a Brita filter,” Maureen Logue said. “It violates sound medical ethics and denies freedom of choice.” The city’s water fluoridation […]

The community of approximately 2300 people will no longer receive artificially fluoridated water. After the town’s fluoridation feed-pump broke down, a decision was made that there is already a sufficient amount of fluoride in the town’s well water. Background levels of natural fluoride throughout the town wells is said to be at approximately 0.5 ppm […]

Sporting a stack of research she’s found on fluoride, local health advocate Maureen Logue has been busy this past week preparing for Monday night’s city council meeting. “There’s always something new,” she said, pouring over her latest batch of findings that back up her opinion that fluoridation of the city’s drinking water isn’t the way […]

Despite appeals from the Prairie North Health Region, Meadow Lake city council appears to be going ahead with plans to scrap the city’s water fluoridation program. Ashley White, Prairie North’s dental health educator, spoke to council June 27 in an attempt to convince it to reconsider plans to end the community fluoridation program. Meadow Lake […]

What is the ‘tooth’ when it comes to the issue of fluoride in tap water? According to Five Hills Health Region medical health officer Dr. Mark Vooght, the truth is fluoridated tap water has been very beneficial to the dental health, and therefore general health, for all those in communities that supplement potable water with […]

Is it a poison or a cheap and safe way to help battle tooth decay? City Council was in a fluoride debate Monday night as Shaun Francis Drake made a presentation on why fluoride should be removed from our drinking water. Fluoride is added to the water in most major cities to help with healthy […]

Anti-fluoride organizers have been busy in Saskatoon and area in recent weeks, although pro-fluoride forces say their fears are groundless. Saskatoon, along with many other cities around North America, adds fluoride to its drinking water to prevent tooth decay. However, critics argue fluoride isn’t effective at preventing cavities and it’s generally harmful to one’s health. […]