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Toronto votes to continue fluoridating water
The Toronto Board of Health voted Monday to accept the recommendation of Toronto’s medical health officer to continue the use of fluoride in the city’s water. The board voted unanimously to reaffirm water fluoridation in the city. Toronto’s current level of water fluoridation is 0.6 milligrams per litre, according to Dr. David McKeown, Toronto’s medical […]
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Fluoride Action Network believes new data will scuttle Australia’s water fluoridation programme
Merilyn Haines, the director of the newly formed group FAN-Australia (Fluoride Action Network Australia), has found some startling statistics buried deep in official research material by ARCPOH (The Australian Research Centre Population Oral Health at the Adelaide Dental School) that could scuttle the water fluoridation program once and for all. Haines has found in the […]
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Yanchep: Bid to fast-track fluoride
CHILDREN in Yanchep needed twice as many dental fillings as the State average, according to WA’s fluoridation advisory committee. “From November 2009 to November 2010 children enrolled in the School Dental Service in Yanchep and surrounding areas required nearly twice as many fillings compared to the WA average,” Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies Advisory Committee […]
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Prince George: Fluoride Issue Returns to Council
The Safe Water Coalition has once again stated its case to City Council of Prince George, asking that the City stop the practice of adding fluoride to the City’s drinking water. Mayor Dan Rogers invited the four members of the Coalition to the centre table in Council Chambers, and, as is customary, told the speakers […]
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Prince George: Fluoride in City Water Back Before Council
The issue of adding fluoride to the Prince George water supply is back before Council this evening. Following a two-hour public forum on the contentious issue at CNC yesterday, the Prince George Safe Water Coalition will appear before council this evening, accompanied by a retired University of Calgary biophysics prof, Dr. James Beck, who researched […]
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Statement From Dr. Arlene King, Chief Medical Officer of Health for Ontario
As Chief Medical Officer of Health for Ontario, I am very concerned about the loss of fluoridated drinking water in certain communities in spite of consistent evidence that water fluoridation is safe and effective. Support for Water Fluoridation More than 90 national and international professional health organizations, including Health Canada, the Canadian Public Health Association, […]
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Toronto: Public health to look at fluoridation policy
The Toronto Public Health board is wading into the fluoride debate Monday. Board members are mulling reaffirming public health’s support of putting fluoride in the city’s water supply.. Toronto’s chief medical officer of health Dr. David McKeown is recommending the board continue to support the city’s decades old practice of fluoridation. Waterloo, Ont. voted last […]
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FAN-Australia drops a bombshell on Water Fluoridation
Merilyn Haines, the director of the newly formed group FAN-Australia (Fluoride Action Network Australia), has found some startling statistics buried deep in official research material by ARCPOH (The Australian Research Centre Population Oral Health at the Adelaide Dental School) that could scuttle the water fluoridation program once and for all. Haines has found in the […]
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Prince George: To Fluoridate Or Not, The Topic Of Debate
Approximately 50 people attended a two-hour public forum hosted by the Prince George Safe Water Coalition this afternoon to debate the issue of drinking water fluoridation. Coalition Founder, Marilyn Judd, wants fluoride removed from the drinking water in Prince George and to that end, invited Dr. James Beck to the city to speak at today’s […]
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Saskatoon: College of Dentistry dean wants to keep fluoride in drinking water
A prominent Saskatoon dentist is weighing in on the fluoridated water debate, offering his support for continuing the practice. A petition to remove fluoride from the city’s drinking water has been circulating and seems to be gaining support but Gerry Uswak, Dean of the College of Dentistry, says keeping the substance will result in less […]
Canada, Saskatchewan