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Uranium hexafluoride: Radioactive scare at north-end container terminal
Uranium hexafluoride (UF6): Emergency crews were on high alert Thursday night as it was feared a container of nuclear material was leaking aboard a ship at Halifax’s north-end Ceres terminal. A hazmat team was called in at about 9:45 p.m. when a possible spill was reported at the Bayne Street terminal. “We have a leak, […]
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Halifax Water should stop poisoning us
Halifax has tried to convince residents that tap, not bottled, water is best for everyday drinking and cooking, for some time now. Tap the Tap, a new campaign by Nova Scotia pediatricians, is urging parents to get their kids consuming tap water. While water is always a healthier choice than sugary drinks, and Halifax Water […]
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Cape Breton. Editorial: Sticking with sound science, CBRM stays fluoridated
WHEN trying to convince an audience of a dubious proposition, it’s likely not a good idea to unduly smear those who disagree — especially if they’re generally well-respected professionals — at least not without some convincing proof supporting those accusations. Otherwise, you undercut your arguments and risk not being taken seriously. Cape Breton Regional Municipality […]
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Cape Breton keeping fluoride in the water
SYDNEY — Fluoride will remain in the drinking water in Cape Breton Regional Municipality. After a marathon session with proponents and opponents of fluoridation, councillors voted Tuesday night not only to keep the cavity-preventing chemical in the drinking water but also not to put the question to a plebiscite. “You can cherry-pick the studies to […]
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Cape Breton council to debate water fluoridation
SYDNEY — The debate over water fluoridation in Cape Breton is about to continue at regional municipal council. Several health professionals and scientists will make presentations Tuesday on both sides of the controversial issue. Community activist Marlene Kane has pushed for an end to water fluoridation in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality over the past […]
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Cape Breton votes to keep fluoride in water supply
SYDNEY — Cape Breton regional council voted to keep fluoride in the municipal water supply after more than three hours of furious debate on both sides of the issue. Council was barraged by statistics, graphs and charts of data during five presentations by dentists, doctors and scientists. For decades the water systems in Sydney, North […]
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Cape Breton: CBRM smart to get advice on fluoridation
CAPE BRETON Regional Municipality has chosen the wisest course in the ongoing debate in that community about the continued municipal fluoridation of drinking water: Get expert advice. In the meantime, CBRM politicians have sensibly postponed deciding on the issue — one with profound health-care implications — for 60 days, to hear from public health officials […]
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Cape Breton will get teeth into fluoride arguments
Nova Scotia public health officials plan to meet with representatives from Cape Breton Regional Municipality in the upcoming weeks to press the case to keep fluoride in the water. Dr. Robert Strang, the province’s chief public health officer, said health officials will be providing scientific evidence on the debate as the municipality considers a request […]
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Cape Breton: Chief public health officer building case to maintain fluoride in CBRM water
SYDNEY — Nova Scotia’s chief public health officer is working with the provincial dental association and dentists in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality to build a case in favour of keeping fluoride in the municipal water supply. “It comes down really to the balance of choice and individual rights and doing what’s best for the […]
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Cape Breton: Council wants more information before making decision on fluoride
SYDNEY — A decision on whether to continue using fluoride in water systems in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality has been put on hold for 60 days. After more than an hour of debate Tuesday, the CBRM committee of the whole opted to hear from proponents of water fluoridation, as well as opinions from the […]
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