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IMPORTANT NEW SCIENCE: Why the Alberta Medical Association should not ignore anti-fluoride research
Dr. Bob Dickson, founder of Safe Water Calgary, wrote to Dr. Clarke, President of the Alberta Medical Association, inviting her and others to consider looking deeper into the science of water fluoridation. RE: IMPORTANT NEW SCIENCE Dear Dr. Clarke: In your June 19, 2019, submission to the City of Calgary [*] on behalf of the […]
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Fluoride to come out of Spruce Grove, Stony Plain water
Upgrades to EPCOR’s E.L. Smith Water Treatment Plant will take fluoride out of area water. The company announced Sept. 3 that Spruce Grove, Stony Plain, parts of Edmonton, Onoway and other surrounding communities will see fluoride reduced or eliminated in water supply until March 2020. Fluoride is a naturally occurring mineral that prevents tooth decay […]
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Letter: Not just one study
1938 was the year that the heavily polluting aluminum producers began negating studies and burying science that showed severe harm and damage from fluoride emitted from their waste stacks. This set the precedent for the fertilizer industry to convince doctors and dentists, through clever PR campaigns, that hydrofluosilicic acid scrubbed from their industrial waste stacks, […]
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Letter: Docs in favour of fluoridation
Re: Is a lower IQ for our kids worth harder teeth?, Opinion, Aug. 27 Tooth decay is a serious problem that can affect everyone. It can cause significant pain, loss of sleep, systemic complications, and inability to concentrate or perform daily tasks. In children, these problems can impair normal brain development. Fluoride exists naturally in […]
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Edmonton: EPCOR turns off the taps on fluoride to many residents
Alberta Health Services is encouraging some Edmontonians and residents of surrounding communities to schedule a dental checkup and avoid sugary foods as a result of a fluoride interruption in the water. The interruption is due to upgrades at EPCOR’s E.L. Smith Water Treatment Plant, which services north, west and south Edmonton, as well as Beaumont, […]
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Fluoride not added to water while Edmonton treatment plant undergoes upgrades
Epcor’s E.L. Smith water treatment facility in the Cameron Heights area. Shaughn Butts / Postmedia, file Edmontonians serviced by the E.L. Smith Water Treatment Plant may want to step up their brushing. Epcor is currently upgrading the treatment plant by replacing the four bulk fluoride storage tanks. This process, which got underway on Tuesday, is […]
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Council postpones fluoridation report presentation
Note from the Fluoride Action Network Not mentioned in this article is Safe Water Calgary’s Statement in Opposition to Artificial Water Fluoridation. A Refutation of the CADTH Report on Community Water Fluoridation of 2019. This report was submitted to the Calgary City Council and the O’Brien Institute of Public Health on July 17 for their […]
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Letter by Doug Hand in response to Corbella’s July 17 column
DOWN THE DRAIN I read Licia Corbella’s opinion on fluoride in the Wednesday Sun and agree with her position. With the U of C report coming out, it will be wasting more of our tax dollars with council debating it once again. As stated, in 2011 it was going to cost $6 million just to […]
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Letters by Block & Coldridge in response to Corbella’s July 17 column
Fluoride facts versus fear by Matthew Block, Calgary Re: Fluoride doesn’t belong in our water supply; The experts clearly had ‘settled science’ wrong and our children paid the price, Opinion, July 17 Licia Corbella’s recent column on fluoride is profoundly anti-scientific. She uses the techniques of the anti-vaccine movement, such as fearmongering and including many […]
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Corbella: Fluoride doesn’t belong in our water supply
When our twin sons were born in 1997, the City of Calgary had been adding one part per million of fluoride to our drinking water, which began in 1991. Back then, health officials declared that the “science was settled” and I, like many other Calgarians, stupidly and unthinkingly believed their earnest declarations that adding fluoride […]
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