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Calgary: Airdronians encouraged to attend public meeting on fluoride in local water supply
Airdrie residents can have their say about the fluoride content of their drinking water, Jan. 26, at a public hearing at City Hall in Calgary. In early January, Calgary Alderman Druh Farrell asked her fellow council members to consider removing the chemical from the city’s drinking water that is shared by many surrounding communities including […]
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Lethbridge: Fluoride debate spreads south
A contentious debate facing Calgary over whether fluoride should be ditched from the drinking water will soon migrate south with the City of Lethbridge gearing up next month for its own round of talks on the divisive issue. Prompted by a citizen in that city, the subject is now scheduled for a February committee meeting […]
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Calgary. How my pro-fluoride opinion got pulled out by the root
Back in September 1998 — just one month prior to the Calgary civic election and the last plebiscite on whether to continue adding fluoride to our water supply — I met with advocates on both sides of the debate. As I stated in a column then, there were the “experts,” like Calgary’s medical officer of […]
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Calgary: When in doubt, take the fluoride out
Everyone is suddenly using the F-word. Fluoride. I don’t recall the issue surfacing during the civic election campaign last fall. But suddenly, council wants to talk about removing fluoride from Calgary’s drinking water, and just as suddenly, everyone is weighing in with instant vehemence, as if they’d been fulminating on it for a long time […]
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What the #!%*?: Calgary’s fluoride debate
In this occasional feature, the Post tells you everything you need to know about a complicated issue. Today: Sarah Boesveld examines Calgary’s debate about removing fluoride from the city’s water. Q: Why is Calgary talking fluoride? A: The presence of fluoride in Calgary’s city-supplied drinking water, meant to prevent tooth decay, is one of the […]
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What the #!%*?: Calgary’s fluoride debate
In this occasional feature, the Post tells you everything you need to know about a complicated issue. Today: Sarah Boesveld examines Calgary’s debate about removing fluoride from the city’s water. Q: Why is Calgary talking fluoride? A: The presence of fluoride in Calgary’s city-supplied drinking water, meant to prevent tooth decay, is one of the […]
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Calgary fluoride debate delayed to Jan. 26 to allow more input
Council will delay deciding on the future of fluoride in Calgary’s water system until a public hearing later this month, but one aldermen questions whether members’ minds are already made up and that a hearing would be largely ceremonial. Ten of 15 aldermen had lent signatures to a motion Monday that would have ended Calgary’s […]
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Calgary: Finances soak fluoride debate
Although removing fluoride from Calgary’s water would save money, some aldermen argue cost shouldn’t factor into the debate. Ald. Druh Farrell will bring forward a notice of motion today asking city council to vote in favour of removing fluoride from the city’s water. She said if fluoride is kept in the water, the city’s fluoridation […]
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Calgary: Fluoride opponents at City Hall back away from quick vote
It might not be decision day on fluoridation after all. Council should delay its debate on removing fluoride from Calgary water to hold a public hearing on the issue later this month, Ald. Druh Farrell said Monday morning. The alderman leading the anti-fluoride side had gathered signatures from nine of her 14 colleagues backing her […]
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Calgary: Fluoride is the feud that won’t die
It was the fall of 1989. Madonna’s Like a Prayer blasted on radios, stores were filled with acid-wash jeans and moviegoers awaited the release of Michael J. Fox’s Back to the Future II. And once again, Calgarians were talking fluoride. Newspaper articles described the virtues of adding fluoride to water to prevent tooth decay since […]
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