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Fluoride shortage sparks renewed debate on its use in Calgary
A worldwide fluoride shortage could reignite a decades-old debate on whether the City of Calgary should keep adding the chemical to its water supply. Civic officials have said they will know within two months if the global shortage will affect Calgary’s supply, as the City of Ottawa goes without the cavity-fighting fluoride for extended periods […]
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Calgary braces for fluoride shortage
… “It’s an excellent thing for them to be short of this chemical,” said Paul Connett, executive director of the U.S.-based Fluoride Action Network. “If having a shortage of it makes them question the practice, that would be very, very good.” Fluoridation has long been promoted by dentists, and by the Canadian Dental Association, as […]
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Edmonton water supply short on fluoride
EDMONTON – Look ma, no fluoride! The chemical that many municipalities add to water to prevent tooth decay is in such short supply that Edmonton could run out this fall if an expected shipment falls through. “At this time we have sufficient fluoride to meet Edmonton’s needs until the fall,” said Mike Gibbs, spokesman for […]
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Fluoridation safety revisited
New revelations suggest that the fluoridation of public water is neither as effective nor as safe as the public has been led to believe. New findings at Harvard University link fluoridation with osteosarcoma, an often fatal cancer of bone. The American Dental Association and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control have issued warnings that infants […]
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Development concerns grow in the heartland
Edmontonians hear about runaway development in Ft McMurray almost every day. But some of the largest industrial expansions in North America are happening on our city’s doorstep, in an area dubbed the Industrial Heartland. Located north and east of the city, small towns like Bon Accord and Redwater are about to welcome $16 billion in […]
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Fairview may opt to drop fluoride
Fairview may be looking at rinsing out the fluoride in their water. The town of over 3,000 about 115 km north of Grande Prairie is looking at holding a plebiscite this fall to stop water fluoridation. “Maybe the time has come after 50 years that we should take a look at it again whether we […]
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Fairview considers ending fluoridation program
Superindentant of public works Gary Leathem asked council to consider a plebiscite on whether the town should continue to put fluoride into the drinking water. Although some fluoride is good for protecting people’s teeth, Leathem said, recent studies show too much fluoride is bad for bone strength. The cost of the fluoride itself is low […]
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Fluoride: the debate goes on
Consider this. If we as physicians were to prescribe to patients we know nothing about, a medically active, unproven drug at uncontrolled dosage and tell them to take as much as they want for the rest of their lives while not monitoring the side effects, how long would we be practising medicine before our licences […]
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Emotional week for area residents
Residents made their closing, but definitely not the last remarks in a week-long hearing on what life is like in a neighborhood of ‘astronomical changes’ last week. “It was incredibly emotional,” recalled Cheryl Henkelman, a resident who was the first of nine from the northeast Strathcona County area, perusing a statement to a panel of […]
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Heartland: “a pollution ghetto”
A hearing pegging Fort Saskatchewan area residents against industry is a matter stretching beyond the scope of the community. Environmental Defense Canada, a charitable group committed to protecting the environment, is backing the residents plea to halt an Agrium proposal for a phosphogypsum stack extension at the Redwater operations plant. The fertilizer producer says halting […]
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