Now that the town has decided to keep fluoride in its water, it approved a $250,000 upgrade to safely store and distribute the chemical into the town’s water system. In June, the town unanimously agreed to keep fluoride in its water following a lengthy deputation from North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit medical officer […]
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Town of Fairview: Anti-fluoridation voice heard from leading up to plebiscite
Fluoridation began in 1945 with four trials which did not show that fluoridation prevents cavities. Since then no credible study of fluoridation as a preventive of cavities has indicated that it is effective. As shown in data collected by the World Health Organization from the early 1960s to 2004 the prevalence of cavities in children […]
Prince George: Disposing of fluoridation system to cost city
Fluoride is gone but not forgotten. On Monday night, city council will receive an update from engineering and public works general manager Dave Dyer about the status of the city’s now-defunct fluoride injection system. The system was turned off following city council’s vote on Dec. 15 to abide by the results of the Nov. 15 […]
Lethbridge: Fluoride issue before council again
Activist speaks to environment committee It’s a debate that goes back to the 1970s. But once again on Thursday, city council members heard competing views on the value of fluoridated water. Three members of council’s environment committee listened to a lengthy presentation by anti-fluoride activist Paul Connett, a retired chemistry professor from Canton, New York. […]
Alberta Health Services pushing fluoridation in Okotoks
With the Town of Okotoks’ three-year preschool oral health care program now complete, Alberta Health Services is urging the Town to keep oral health in mind. The Town was in a three-year agreement with the Okotoks Primary Care Network to work with AHS to provide free oral health clinics for young children aged 12-35 months. […]
Town of St. Paul: Fluoridation flounders
On the surface, it seems like a simple decision to make. Why add fluoride to drinking water supplies? It is a toxic chemical, dangerous to work with, costly to add, and widely available elsewhere, in toothpaste, mouthwashes and food and drink prepared with fluoridated water. Add in the concerns of fluoride opponents that this addition […]
Letter: Drinking water experts say make baby formula with unfluorinated water
To the editor: On June 17, Health Canada and the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Committee on Drinking Water updated advice for parents of young infants using tap water to prepare infant formula during blue-green algal blooms. The change suggests that drinking-water authorities advise residents to use an alternate source of drinking water, like bottled water, when preparing infant […]
Lac La Biche: County Council, Alberta Health Services discuss merits of fluoridating drinking water
For 40 years, fluoride has been added to the Lac La Biche community’s treated drinking water, but County Council is still considering joining half of the municipalities in Alberta in putting an end to fluoridation. “We’re basically gathering as much information as we can,” said Mayor Omer Moghrabi. “Just over 50 per cent of the […]
Parry Sound council should learn more about fluoridation; Limeback
Re: Town opts to stick with fluoride (Beacon Star, June 5), here are some basic facts that may not have been considered. 1. The chemicals used to fluoridate drinking water are impure. They are industrial waste liquids (usually hydrofluosillicic acid) collected from the smokestack scrubbers of the phosphate fertilizer industry and they are contaminated with […]
Parry Sound. Editorial: To fluoride or not to fluoride?
When it comes to the addition of fluoride to municipal water systems, it’s not a matter of risk, but choice. On Tuesday, the Town of Parry Sound unanimously decided to continue adding fluoride to the residential water system. The vote came after a compelling presentation by Dr. Jim Chirico, the North Bay Parry Sound District […]