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Fluoride’s future in Calgary still an open question after council eyes city report
The city stopped adding fluoride to drinking water after a council vote to remove it in 2011, and city officials say reintroducing it would cost $30.1 million over a 20-year service life A council committee looked at a new report on water fluoridation without much fanfare Tuesday. The city stopped adding fluoride to drinking water […]
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$30M cost to reintroduce fluoride to Calgary’s drinking water: City report
CALGARY — Calgary councillors now know how much it would cost to reintroduce fluoride into the city’s drinking water, but a debate about whether it should happen will come at a future meeting. Members of the Priorities and Finance Committee received a presentation Tuesday on the costs of the program, but the item was only […]
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Contentious water fluoridation debate back on tap in council this week
Council’s priorities and finance committee will receive a report Tuesday on the cost of reintroducing fluoride to the city’s drinking water One of Calgary’s most historically contentious issues will be back before council members this week. Council’s priorities and finance committee will receive a report Tuesday on the cost of reintroducing fluoride to the city’s […]
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Cost for fluoride in Calgary’s water would be $30 million: City report
There would also be ongoing maintenance costs of $2 million to $4 million; report goes to council committee Dec. 1 Reintroducing fluoride into Calgary’s water will cost the city a total of $30 million, with annual operating and maintenance costs of up to $4 million. An administration review coming to the Priorities and Finance committee […]
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Advocates push Calgary council committee to put water fluoridation back on table
‘The benefit of fluoridation is taught in every dental school in the country,’ says head of dental association Calgarians for Kids’ Health and the Alberta Dental Association and College want the city’s finance committee to vote in favour of fluoridation reinstatement when the committee considers the matter on Dec. 1. (Shutterstock) Child health and dental […]
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Fluoride to remain absent from Tri-Region water for longer
Conspiracy theorists can rejoice as fluoride will be out of water in Spruce Grove and Stony Plain for a little while longer. The naturally occurring mineral prevents tooth decay and has been added to fluid in the Edmonton region since 1966. Through the history of the compound being added to what people use to drink […]
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Fluoride interruption to 280,000 homes in Edmonton region extended into late fall due to COVID-19
Epcor’s E.L. Smith water treatment facility in the Cameron Heights area. Photo by Shaughn Butts /Postmedia, file Article content A fluoride interruption to about 280,000 homes in Edmonton and surrounding communities is being extended until late fall as a result of COVID-19. Upgrading the fluoride storage tanks at the E.L. Smith Water Treatment Plant began […]
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Fluoride activists push city on report, saying COVID-19 is hampering dental health
Calgary dentists and fluoride activists are calling on city officials to expedite the release of a cost analysis report on water fluoridation delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The issue of reintroducing fluoride to Calgary water has been made even more urgent because the pandemic has kept many from receiving routine dental care, according to Alberta […]
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Fluoridation and the ‘sciency’ facts of critics
The authors all work at the University of Calgary Juliet Guichon, professor, Faculty of Medicine. Ian Mitchell, professor, Faculty of Medicine. Christopher Doig, professor in the Departments of Critical Care Medicine, Community Health Sciences, and Medicine at Cumming School of Medicine M. John Gill MB, MSc, FRCPC, FACP, faculty member of the Cumming School of […]
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Calgary: City council called on to look at cost of putting fluoride back into drinking water
CALGARY (660 NEWS) – Dental and medical experts are calling on city council to find out the cost of reinstating fluoride back into our drinking water. In 2011, the costs were estimated to be 6 to 10 million to buy and install the equipment, and 750,000 annually to purchase the product. Last month, a city […]
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