Fluoride: Should it be added to tap water?
- January 28, 2011 4:35 PM |
- By POV
A Calgary city council committee is recommending that fluoride be removed from the drinking water.
The utilities and environment committee voted five to one Wednesday to ask the province for permission to stop putting the chemical through the taps.
About 70 people made presentations at city hall during an all-day public meeting on the issue.
The issue now goes to city council for a final vote.
The city has held six plebiscites on the issue over the years, with 53 per cent of Calgarians voting in 1989 in favour of adding fluoride to the water.
The most recent plebiscite was in 1998, when 55 per cent of Calgarians who voted chose to keep fluoride in drinking water.
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Do you think fluoride should be added to tap water? If your municipality fluoridates tap water, do you want them to stop?
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Tap water: Should fluoride be added to it? (Jan. 26, 2011)
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