Canada - Group urges community to stop fluoridating its drinking water
Group urges community to stop fluoridating its drinking water
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
LAKE COWICHAN, BRITISH COLUMBIA — The Health Action Network Society (HANS), a charitable group that focuses on natural health, has called for the community of Lake Cowichan to stop adding fluoride to its drinking water, according to CowichanNewsLeader.com.
Lake Cowichan is the only community on Vancouver Island that still fluoridates its water and its residents make up some of the only 3.7 percent of British Columbians with access to fluoridated water, the article stated.
HANS aims to eliminate the fluoridation of public water supplies throughout British Columbia.
According to the World Health Organization, low concentrations of fluoride can have beneficial effects on teeth, but excessive exposure to fluoride in drinking water can have detrimental health effects, the story reported.
“Why are municipalities medicating people? They’re making these arbitrary decisions based on information of the past,” said HANS President Jane Shaak.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
LAKE COWICHAN, BRITISH COLUMBIA — The Health Action Network Society (HANS), a charitable group that focuses on natural health, has called for the community of Lake Cowichan to stop adding fluoride to its drinking water, according to CowichanNewsLeader.com.
Lake Cowichan is the only community on Vancouver Island that still fluoridates its water and its residents make up some of the only 3.7 percent of British Columbians with access to fluoridated water, the article stated.
HANS aims to eliminate the fluoridation of public water supplies throughout British Columbia.
According to the World Health Organization, low concentrations of fluoride can have beneficial effects on teeth, but excessive exposure to fluoride in drinking water can have detrimental health effects, the story reported.
“Why are municipalities medicating people? They’re making these arbitrary decisions based on information of the past,” said HANS President Jane Shaak.
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