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  • Prince George: Fluoridation Controversy on Tap

    Prince George, B.C. – The controversial matter of fluoridation of the City of Prince George’s water supply was brought to Council this evening with those who oppose it presenting information that indicates there is no positive effect of putting fluoride in the water. Speaking before a packed Council Chamber, the Safe Water Coalition brought forth […]

  • Prince George: Fluoride Debate Continues

    Prince George, B.C.- When it comes to fluoride, Dr. Bill Osmunson, a public health dentist from the United States says there is too much available from other sources and some people are dying from it. That’s the basis of his battle to have fluoride removed from drinking water supplies. Speaking on the Meisner Program on […]

  • Fort St. John: Referendum on fluoride to be held in 2011

    Fort St. John residents will decide if fluoride will be removed from their drinking water through a referendum during the next civic election in November 2011. Fluoride has been the hot topic for city councillors since the summer, when a resident presented a petition to remove it from the municipality’s water. A motion to reconsider […]

  • There’s something in the water

    The biting debate over whether to add fluoride to Montreal’s water supply has once again surfaced. With less than three weeks to go before Montrealers head to the polls Nov. 6, pro and anti-fluoride groups are stirring up controversy in city hall. They are hot on the heels of an announcement made earlier this month […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Fluoride fight on tap in Red Deer

    RED DEER — A fight is brewing in Red Deer over the city’s plan to add fluoride to its drinking water supply. Fluoridation opponents are upset, saying the cavity-fighting chemical causes more harmful health effects than good. Resident Diane Hermary has formed Citizens United to Remove Fluoride from Red Deer’s Water Supply on the social […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]