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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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High Fluoride water results for Dundalk
Please be advised that during routine water testing it was found that fluoride concentration reported to be 2.0 to 2.5 mg/L at well 5 and between 0.8 and 1.9 mg/L in the distribution system. These results indicate concentrations in excess of the Ontario Drinking Water Quality Standard of 1.5 mg/L at some times and locations […]
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URANIUM: Cameco restarts two Ontario operations, Cigar Lake remains on hold
ONTARIO – Cameco has announced that it is resuming production at the uranium hexafluoride (UF6) plant within its Port Hope conversion facility and its Blind River refinery in Ontario. The two operations are planned to restart the week of May 18 and ramp up to full production by the week of May 25. On Apr. […]
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Christine Till receives Research Leadership (PERLA) Award 2019
President’s Emerging Research Leadership (PERLA) Award 2019 Christine Till (left) receives her award from York University President and Vice-Chancellor Rhonda L. Lenton Christine Till, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, was selected for this award as a reflection of her original research program that studies the neurotoxicity of fluoride exposure. Due to the public health […]
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Moose Jaw: Pursuit of federal funding would support different water project
With tenders for the proposed fluoridation project coming in under budget, city administration now plans to undertake another water-related project by pursuing funding from a similar federal program. During its March 23 regular meeting, city council unanimously approved a motion to have the wastewater treatment plant fan blower replacement project become the main priority under […]
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Kingston Letter: More input on water fluoridation.
Kingston city council appears to have moved quickly from exploring and investigating the feasibility of fluoridating our water to voting soon on the issue. This is a startling development given that in three past municipal referendums, the majority of Kingston voters opposed municipal water fluoridation. This issue is simply too important to rush. Since drinking […]
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Public health endorses fluoridating Kingston’s drinking water
Members of Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington Public Health voted unanimously on Wednesday to endorse a proposal to add fluoride to Kingston’s drinking water. (Alan S. Hale/The Whig-Standard) Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington Public Health has officially endorsed the idea of adding fluoride to Kingston’s drinking water to help reduce tooth decay in the […]
Canada, Ontario