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Controversial study renews debate over Fluoride
A recent study published by the Journal of American Medical Association suggests boys born to women exposed to higher levels of fluoride during pregnancy have lower IQs. It comes at a time when Calgary is debating whether to bring fluoridation back to its water supply, which has been fluoride free since 2011. As Mike Drolet […]
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Councillors weigh potential reintroduction of fluoride into Calgary’s water
CALGARY – City councillors are reviewing the findings of a report on the potential pros and cons of reintroducing fluoride into drinking water. After fluoride was removed in 2011 in an effort to save $750,000 annually, the city is reconsidering its decision. In February, council voted in favour of commissioning the University of Calgary’s O’Brien […]
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Fluoride debate at city hall spills outside of chamber
Eight years after Calgary officials elected to discontinue water fluoridation, city council revisited the issue with the release of a new expert report on the benefits and harms of fluoridation and a heated debate at city hall Tuesday. A steady stream of public health experts, researchers, medical doctors and members of the public took turns at the […]
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Canadian Mother-Offspring IQ Study: Ottawa Citizen, Oct 29.
Note from Fluoride Action Network, A good article – for the pro-fluoridationists – 0f the Canadian Mother-Offspring fluoride study by Green et al (2019). The Canadian media reporting on the issue of fluoridation and this study has been surprisingly unprofessional. What ever happened to the Canadian press’ ability to handle controversy with integrity? (EC) Fluoride: […]
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‘So much is at stake’: Academics call for release of data behind controversial Canadian fluoride study
A study linking fluoride exposure in pregnancy to lower IQ scores in boys is unnecessarily frightening people into avoiding fluoridated water, researchers say When the editor-in-chief of a highly reputable American medical journal decided to publish a potential bombshell study from Canada hinting that pregnant women who drink fluoridated water risk subtly damaging their child’s […]
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Calgary. Opinion: Fluoridation should be city council’s top priority
The following is a rebuttal to a column by Licia Corbella, “The science is not settled on water fluoridation,” which appeared in the Herald on Oct. 12. The original piece appears below this response. As the newly elected Calgary city councillors take their seats, an important public health issue awaits. Children and other residents are suffering […]
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Researchers caution women to reduce fluoride intake during pregnancy
A recent study led by #ISCHE [International Society for Children’s Health and the Environment] researchers found that #prenatal exposure to #fluoride was associated with lower IQ in Canadian children. Researchers cautioned women to reduce fluoride intake during #pregnancy. How? https://osf.io/yjrgm/ to learn more. #fluoride #prenatalhealth #prenatal #water #environmental health #environment #ische #littlethingsmatter #yorku *Online at […]
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Canadian Mother-Offspring IQ Study: Pittsburgh WPXI
Could water your mother drank while pregnant with you have lowered your IQ? Could the water your mother drank while pregnant have lowered your IQ? A Canadian study published recently is raising those concerns and doctors in our area have warning for moms to be. “It can be scary. They have you restrict so many […]
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Alberta Medical Association ignores request to consider new science regarding fluoride
IMPORTANT NEW SCIENCE: Why the Alberta Medical Association Should Not Ignore Anti-fluoride Research On September 20, 2019, Safe Water Calgary Founder Dr. Robert Dickson, wrote an excellent letter to Dr. Clarke, President of the Alberta Medical Association (AMA), inviting her and her colleagues to reconsider their position regarding water fluoridation in light of the recent […]
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Canadian Mother-Offspring IQ Study: Patch.com/New-York
Dire Fluoride/IQ Studies Must End Fluoridation in NYC 400+ Studies Show Fluoride is Toxic to the Brain Maternal fluoride levels are linked to offspring’s lower IQ, according to a carefully-researched and meticulously and extensively peer-reviewed US government-funded study published in the prestigious JAMA Pediatrics (August 2019). Unnecessary fluoride chemicals are added to New York City’s […]
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