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Strathcona County: EPCOR lowers fluoride levels
The water in Strathcona County will have a little less fluoride, following EPCOR’s decision to reduce the parts per million to keep in line with Health Canada’s recommendation. The fluoride in the water will be reduced from 0.8 ppm to 0.7 ppm because of the increased fluoridation levels in toothpaste. Health Canada states the maximum […]
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Epcor: Fluoride levels in water lowered
Epcor has reduced its fluoride levels by 13 per cent following a recommendation from a Health Canada expert panel. The panel, consisting of academics and members of public health agencies, reaffirmed the federal government’s existing maximum allowable level of 1.5 parts per million, but said the optimum is 0.7 ppm. Epcor previously capped fluoride at […]
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Too Much of a Good Thing?
Fluoridation is supposed to improve our dental health, yet an increasing number of Canadian municipalities are taking it out of the water. Citizens’ groups form to fight it, academic studies come up with different conclusions and even dentists duel over its desirability. Fluoridation has a long and heated history for an element found naturally everywhere […]
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Calgary. Fluoride: let the people decide
Council should put the fluoride debate to the test and let the people spit out a decision as to whether it should remain in the city’s drinking water. This raging debate could be settled if Ald. Druh Farrell’s call for another plebiscite is carried. True, holding a third plebiscite in 20 years is tough for […]
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Fluoride is toxic, ineffective and unethical
Drs. Tom Noseworthy and Tom Feasby in their article promoting fluoridation make some comparisons between fluoridation and other measures which cloud the issue. Iodide, B vitamins and iron are natural nutritional requirements, the effects of which have been extensively and competently investigated. Fluoride in any form is not a required nutrient. The fluoride added to […]
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Calgary alderman pushes for fluoride plebiscite
A plebiscite on removing fluoride from Calgary’s drinking water may be the way to go, one alderman says, after council killed a move Tuesday to remove the chemical without consulting the public. “I think there’s support for a plebiscite,” said Ald. Druh Farrell, whose motion to remove fluoride without public input was rejected. “I wanted […]
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Calgary: City nixes fluoride removal
Fluoride will continue to flow from Calgary taps after city council yesterday shot down plans to put an end to the practice. In a 7-6 vote, aldermen rebuffed the latest effort to reopen the contentious debate and remove the controversial chemical from the city’s water supply following a lengthy debate. Ald. Druh Farrell, one of […]
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Fluoride might be great, but the case isn’t closed
Health experts roll their eyes, that anybody–such as city aldermen–could possibly want to reopen the old debate about putting fluoride in the drinking water. To mainstream health scientists, people who want to take it out probably also think 9/11 was an inside job. Case closed: It’s that clear to them. A more nuanced and congenial […]
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Calgary. Fluoride battle needs new venue
Do you remember 1957? John Diefenbaker swept to power that year. The Cold War was about to get colder, with the Russians successfully launching Sputnik into Earth’s orbit. I Love Lucy ruled the nascent TV sit-com universe. It was during this time that Calgary first dove into a debate over adding fluoride to the water […]
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Calgary. Fluoride debate should be decided by public, not aldermen: Mayor
Mayor Dave Bronconnier says Calgarians, not aldermen, should decide whether to take the fluoride out of the city’s drinking water. A group of five aldermen will open up the taps on the fluoride debate next week by proposing to halt the city’s practice of adding the compound to city water. They contend that city council […]
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