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Fluoride reintroduced to Windsor water this November: CTV
WINDSOR, ONT. — The reintroduction of fluoride into Windsor’s water is expected this November. The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit receiving an updated report from Enwin Thursday on the progress. Dr. Wajid Ahmed says the report states a delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the meantime, addition studies and analysis need to be completed to […]
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Fluoride to re-enter drinking water in November: Windsor Star
Fluoride will return to the Windsor area’s water system in roughly six months, the local health unit says. Although the decision to reintroduce the chemical was made in 2018, a 12-month pipe loop study to test for possible increases in lead levels by Windsor Utilities Commission — which has yet to finish — as well […]
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Anti-intellectualism and the mass public’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Abstract Anti-intellectualism (the generalized distrust of experts and intellectuals) is an important concept in explaining the public’s engagement with advice from scientists and experts. We ask whether it has shaped the mass public’s response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We provide evidence of a consistent connection between anti-intellectualism and COVID-19 risk perceptions, social distancing, mask […]
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Calgary letter: Fluoride debate rages on
Re: High gains but very low risks for reintroducing fluoride in Calgary’s water, Opinion, April 3 You do not have to be a health expert to realize that artificial water fluoridation is dangerous and harmful to a significant number of citizens. Administrating a medication into our water, and with one of the most toxic substances […]
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The History of Saskatchewan’s Public Health Association Policy Initiatives, 1954–86: A Regional Comparison for Preventative Health Policy Work in Canada
Abstract After the Second World War, health prevention work in Canada shifted from a focus on sanitation and hygiene to illness prevention and health promotion. Canada became a significant global leader, beginning with the Lalonde Report of 1974. Yet less is known about the provincial public health associations and how their work differed from that […]
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Opinion: High gains but very low risks for reintroducing fluoride in Calgary’s water
You don’t have to be in the health field to appreciate the overwhelming evidence that supports the benefits of adding fluoride into public drinking water. In 2011, Calgary’s city council decided to discontinue fluoridating Calgary’s drinking water. This act came in direct opposition to all prominent health bodies’ recommendations. There are over 70 years of […]
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Fluoride proponents urge AHS to put teeth into plebiscite effort
A decade ago, city council — without a plebiscite — chose to remove fluoride, but since then studies have shown the move has led to dramatically higher levels of tooth decay, particularly among children A water tap in Calgary was photographed on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. Calgary city council voted in favour of a fluoride […]
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An X-ray Like a Christmas Tree: One Refugee’s Mysterious Case
See The Lancet (Jan 19, 2019), Skeletal fluorosis in a resettled refugee from Kakuma refugee camp, which was the first to report on the story below. Mohammed Hassan arrived in Canada from a Kenyan refugee camp in September 2015, 46 years old and crippled by such pain that he walked like a man decades older. […]
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Wednesday, Feb 17: Video Interview with Dr. Bob Dickson of Calgary
What: Video Interview with Dr. Bob Dickson of Calgary, Alberta, Canada When: Wednesday, February 17 Time: 12 noon (West Coast time), 9 am (East Coast time) Use this online link that will be active later tomorrow morning: https://www.awaketvnetwork.live/the-bridge-show-with-kumara-llanera-michael-kraus/season:3/videos/the-bridge-with-kumara-llanera-michael-kraus-s3e6 Print PDF
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Breakenridge: There must have been something in the water over council’s fluoride cop-out
Calgary city councillors possessed the leadership to lower the speed limit on residential streets without going to a plebiscite. But when it came to reintroducing fluoride in the city’s water supply, it was time to pass the buck, says columnist Rob Breakenridge. Photo by Gavin Young/Postmedia There were indeed compelling arguments to be made […]
Canada, Alberta