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Calgary. Nenshi on fluoride: Plebiscite could be an option in 2017
As dentists and parents bare teeth around the recent resurfacing of Calgary’s fluoridation debate, Mayor Naheed Nenshi urges those who feel strongly to seek a plebiscite. Last week Alberta Health Services’ Medical Officer of Health Dr. Richard Musto urged council to go back to the drawing board and re-introduces fluoride into Calgary’s drinking water. Musto’s […]
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Calgary council revisits fluoride debate after study showing increased problems
CALGARY – Calgary city council has revisited the debate over fluoride in the public water supply after it was removed in 2011. Mayor Naheed Nenshi says people should petition for a plebiscite in the 2017 municipal election on the issue of putting fluoride back into the water. He says if there was a petition on […]
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Calgary. Editorial: Nothing to smile about
Calgary children are paying a price for city council’s decision to stop adding fluoride to drinking water. It’s an unfortunate outcome that Alberta Health Services and many dentists predicted in 2011: that children’s dental health would deteriorate without the presence of the cavity fighter. City dentists reported greater rates of tooth decay two years ago, and […]
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Fluoride still routinely found in Calgary drinking water
Calgary stopped adding fluoride to its water supply in 2011 but that doesn’t mean the fluid from your faucet is fluoride-free. Naturally occurring fluoride is still present in the city’s drinking water at levels ranging from about one-tenth to one-third the amount found prior to council’s decision to stop artificial fluoridation. Regular testing of Calgary’s treated water […]
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Calgary’s health officer urges council to rethink fluoride removal after study showing alarming spike in cavities for kids
Calgary’s medical health officer says council should reconsider its “fundamentally” ideological decision to remove fluoride from the city’s drinking water supply in 2011, after a study showed childhood tooth decay rates here are increasing faster than in Edmonton. “I feared that this could happen, but I couldn’t say confidently back in 2011 that it was […]
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Calgary: Farrell defends fluoride decision
The decision to ban fluoride from Calgary water in 2011 was correct, says the councillor who lead the charge. This despite a new study showing kids in Calgary get more cavities than those in Edmonton, where the water is still fluoridated. “There could be a link, however, why then is tooth decay increasing throughout Canada […]
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Calgary city councillors defend fluoride decision
The councillor who led the charge to rid Calgary’s tap water of fluoride in 2011 defended the controversial decision despite a new study showing cavity among kids in this city increased at a higher rate than Edmonton in recent years. “There could be a link, however, why then is tooth decay increasing throughout Canada and what […]
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Calgary. Fluoride debate more than health benefits: Carra
A Calgary city councillor who voted to end fluoridation in the city five years ago says the vote was more nuanced than just “fluoride good or fluoride bad.” A joint report today from researchers at the University of Calgary, the University of Alberta and Alberta Health Services shows Calgary children now have nearly twice as […]
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Fluoridation puts Edmonton ahead of Calgary in child dental health, study finds
Rates of childhood tooth decay have increased faster in Calgary than in Edmonton the past decade, says a new provincewide study in which researchers link the disparity to Calgary’s decision to stop fluoridating its water. “Our results show that even after a relatively short period of time, we have seen a negative effect of removing […]
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Lack of fluoride in Calgary drinking water leads to rise in kids’ tooth decay, study indicates
University of Calgary study shows rise in decay worst in baby teeth Tooth decay in children in Calgary has worsened since the city stopped adding fluoride to drinking water in 2011, according to a new study. The study, published Wednesday in the journal Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, compared Grade 2 students in Calgary and Edmonton, which still […]
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