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Health Canada has no studies on actual fluoride chemicals used in drinking water
In a recent freedom of information request Health Canada has admitted that after a thorough search for studies showing fluoride is safe no records could be found on hydrofluosilicic acid. Hydrofluosilicic acid is one of the most widely used fluoridation chemical along with silicofluorides since they are cheaper than sodium fluoride. Winnipeg Manitoba uses hydrofluosilicic acid to […]
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Fluoridation: Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario, 2013
Honourable Kathleen Wynne Premier of Ontario Room 281 111 Wellesley St. West Toronto, ON M7A 1A1 Dear Kathleen, The Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) is pleased to submit for your review a resolution and backgrounder developed by RNAO’s Community Health Nurses Initiatives Group (CHNIG), asking that the regulations for Ontario’s Safe Drinking Water Act, […]
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Are anti-fluoridation activists coming to your town?
It was an all too familiar scene. In late January, city councillors in Windsor, Ont., gathered to vote on whether or not to remove fluoride from the municipal water system. Health experts, including Canada’s chief dental officer, Peter Cooney, had descended on the town with stacks of evidence about the benefits of fluoridation as a […]
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Dental care access too unequal, say pediatricians
Canadian children need better access to dental care regardless of where they live or their family’s income, say pediatricians concerned about tooth decay. Children with rotting baby teeth or “early childhood caries” can suffer poor growth, behavioural problems, poor learning, and sleep loss, the Canadian Pediatric Society said in a report Friday. The problem often […]
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Fluorspar for investors
Since 2001 Industrial Minerals’ annual Fluorspar Conference has been touring the globe, bringing together producers and consumers of this widely used but apparently obscure commodity. What might distinguish this year’s Vancouver event, however, was the October 22 pre-conference workshop, which attracted over 200 potential investors. As the keynote speakers explained, fluorspar now tops the list […]
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Canadian beauty queen does good deeds in India
TORONTO – Denise Garrido proved there’s nothing superficial about wearing a beauty pageant crown. Garrido, who held the titles of Miss World Canada 2010 and Miss Earth Canada 2008, travelled to India in November on a mission to help poor children living in that country’s slums as part of the Healthy Kids, Happy Kids foundation. […]
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Perfluoro compounds in air and dust in Canadian homes
Nonstick chemicals and pregnancy One of the main types of water-repellent chemicals used today is a fluorine-containing series known as the perfluorinated compounds, which also exhibit resistance to stains and grease. They are used worldwide in a broad range of consumer products such as cookware, food packaging, clothing, soft furnishings and home cleaning products. While […]
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Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality for FLUORIDE
This report was released on June 20, 2011 Prepared by the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Committee on Drinking Water of the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Committee on Health and the Environment Ottawa, Ontario December 2010 Read full report Also, read comments to the Draft of this report: • Draft Fluoride in Drinking Water (comment period ended Nov 27, 2009). • Comments […]
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Battle renewed over value of fluoridation
With the scientific pendulum appearing to slowly swing away from the value of fluoridating tap water, the United States Department of Health and Human Services has indicated that it will lower the recommended level of fluoride to be added to drinking water. The partial retreat comes on the heels of city of Calgary, Alberta’s decision […]
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The fluoride debate. The pros and cons of putting it in community drinking water
On Feb. 8, Calgary city council voted 10-3 in favour of removing fluoride from the city’s drinking water. Earlier in the day, city council considered and rejected putting the issue to a plebiscite during the 2013 municipal election. Council also rejected the idea of referring the matter to an expert panel. The issue of fluoridation […]
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