Poll: Calgary's Fluoride Debate
January 13, 2011 - 2:00 pm
Our intern Brad wrote a great post on Calgary's fluoride debate this week. What's your opinion? Got more to say? Leave a comment below.
Categories: National, News, Western Canada
Items tagged: Fluoride
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Fluoride: The Perennial Debate
January 11, 2011 - 8:07 am
In Calgary, like many regions in Canada, the water fluoridation debate is perennial. In 1957, a referendum to introduce water fluoridation failed, as did three more—until Calgarians finally agreed to add fluoride to the water in 1989. Despite proven benefits and widespread support in the health...
Categories: Blog
Calgary Keeps Fluoride
April 8, 2009 - 8:15 am
After a proposal to remove it, Calgary's city council has voted in favour of fluoride. Despite the cost—approximately $600,000 per year, plus another $5 million to upgrade the fluoride systems at water treatment plants—and the health controversy, the city will keep the substance as part of...
Categories: News, Western Canada
Groundwater Chemistry Atlas Released
December 16, 2008 - 7:58 am
A new atlas is now available online to help people seeking information about the quality of groundwater in any given area. Environment Minister Roland Haché released the New Brunswick Groundwater Chemistry Atlas yesterday. "I am particularly proud to release this document," Haché said. "The...
Categories: Atlantic Canada, News
H2Outlaw
December 2, 2008 - 12:35 pm
In 1955, a political group called the Keep America Committee issued a flier decrying water fluoridation, naming its practice one of the "Unholy Three," placing it as one of the main pillars of a global communist plot. Since then, other conspiracy theorists have alleged that fluoridation is a plot to...
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