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  • Green Party of Canada calls for ban on the fluoridation chemicals hexafluorosilicic acid and sodium silicofluoride.

    At its Convention in Toronto, August 20-22, 2010, the Green Party of Canada passed the following resolution (also available in French). Note: In the U.S. over 90% of drinking water fluoridation schemes use hexafluorosilicic acid and sodium silicofluoride. Considerations: This motion, in calling for a ban on the fluoridation of public drinking water, would create […]

  • Opposing positions on fluoride:transcripts

    Abridged interview transcripts A look at opposite sides on the debate over fluoridation in community drinking water Dr. Robert C. Dickson is a family physician. He leads the anti-fluoride in drinking water campaign in Calgary. Dr. Lynn Tomkins is a Toronto dentist. She is also president of the Ontario Dental Association which supports fluoridation in […]

  • 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 […]

  • Troubled Waters: Danger on Tap?

    Canada’s water is safe. Even most environmentalists agree. But many experts caution against consuming too much water from the faucet. Bacteria are not a worry with our heavily chlorinated municipal water. So what’s the problem? Sewage treatment plants release heavy metals (cadmium, chromium, copper, mercury, lead and zinc) directly into lakes and rivers from which […]

  • Churchill reserves decision on fluoride after plebiscite

    Churchill Mayor Michael Spence said no decision has been made to end fluoridation of the community’s water supply following a plebiscite earlier this month. Spence said the town council is still sorting out the plebiscite’s mixed message: An overwhelming majority of only a handful of town adult residents voted to end fluoridation. “We didn’t have […]

  • Letter: Water fluoridation poses health risks for doubtful benefit

    Adding fluoride to Nova Scotia’s drinking water began in the ’70s as the result of a provincial health Initiative for what we were told would prevent tooth decay. Fluoride an extremely toxic compound. The chemical used to fluoridate Nova Scotia’s water supply (including that of Sydney, Glace Bay, New Waterford and North Sydney) is collected […]

  • 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 […]

  • Coal burning having a devastating impact on rural Chinese

    Zhang Huaixiang’s thin wasted frame dangles from his wooden crutches, his bowed legs swelled by a disease contracted from a lifelong reliance on coal. Zhang, 57, a farmer in Guizhou province in the nation’s mountainous southwest, has been near bed-ridden for a year, unable to walk properly due to the rotting of his bones and […]

  • Fluoride: Now it can be added to our food

    Fluoride can now be added to foods manufactured and supplied in Europe. It’s been classified as a safe supplement, according to Europe’s highest authority on food standards. The decision means that food manufacturers can include sodium monofluorophosphate, the common form of fluoride found in toothpaste and mouth washes, to their products. The decision, by the […]

  • Academy agrees updated fluoride guidelines

    The European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry’s Board and Council have unanimously approved proposed guidelines on the use of fluoride in toothpaste for children. This approval followed a six-month discussion period in an effort to achieve the highest level of consensus. The consensus reached was that fluoride levels in toothpastes targeted at children aged six months […]