Canada - U of C medical faculty offers advice on city's fluoride decision
U of C medical faculty offers advice on city's fluoride decision
Brent Constantin
News Editor
The University of Calgary's faculty of medicine has offered to strike an expert panel before the city vote on removing fluoride from Calgary's water supply Feb. 7.
"The medical school is still happy to make staff available to work with the city and to provide whatever scientific help the city might need on figuring out this issue," said U of C faculty of medicine undergraduate education director Dr. David Keegan, who explained the most important thing is the city not be hasty in its decision.
"I can only hope that with a couple of days' recess the aldermen might think, 'You know, it might be incredibly handy to have a panel of experts weigh in on this.'"
Keegan, a physician, said his research suggests the city should of maintain the current level of fluoride.
"Using fluoride in the water decreases your chance of cavities in the overall population by approximately 15 per cent," said Keegan, who has corroborated the figure with his colleagues in the field...............
CommentPosted: 2011-02-03 22:27:34
#1 - Can this group be trusted about fluoride? In 2008 Health Canada gave the following advice:
“The consumption of powdered infant formula reconstituted with fluoridated water could lead to excessive intake of fluoride in infants...”
Yet, this group failed to publicize this warning.
The Health Canada Committee also recommended that "Monitoring of fluoride levels in food items for the Canadian population known to contain high levels of fluoride should be done on an on-going basis."
Can U of C faculty share with Canadians the amount of fluoride that's in foods but not revealed on their labels.
There's no dispute that too much fluoride causes bone damage. Please tell Canadians how much fluoride they consume from brewed and powdered tea, ocean fish and foods and beverages made with fluoridated water. How much fluoride is inhaled from ocean mist and cold mist humidifiers (using fluoridated water)?
If U of C faculty presents itself as experts than they need to have answers to the above points. Please put the answers in a news release for circulation to all Canadians who need this information.
Brent Constantin
News Editor
The University of Calgary's faculty of medicine has offered to strike an expert panel before the city vote on removing fluoride from Calgary's water supply Feb. 7.
"The medical school is still happy to make staff available to work with the city and to provide whatever scientific help the city might need on figuring out this issue," said U of C faculty of medicine undergraduate education director Dr. David Keegan, who explained the most important thing is the city not be hasty in its decision.
"I can only hope that with a couple of days' recess the aldermen might think, 'You know, it might be incredibly handy to have a panel of experts weigh in on this.'"
Keegan, a physician, said his research suggests the city should of maintain the current level of fluoride.
"Using fluoride in the water decreases your chance of cavities in the overall population by approximately 15 per cent," said Keegan, who has corroborated the figure with his colleagues in the field...............
CommentPosted: 2011-02-03 22:27:34
#1 - Can this group be trusted about fluoride? In 2008 Health Canada gave the following advice:
“The consumption of powdered infant formula reconstituted with fluoridated water could lead to excessive intake of fluoride in infants...”
Yet, this group failed to publicize this warning.
The Health Canada Committee also recommended that "Monitoring of fluoride levels in food items for the Canadian population known to contain high levels of fluoride should be done on an on-going basis."
Can U of C faculty share with Canadians the amount of fluoride that's in foods but not revealed on their labels.
There's no dispute that too much fluoride causes bone damage. Please tell Canadians how much fluoride they consume from brewed and powdered tea, ocean fish and foods and beverages made with fluoridated water. How much fluoride is inhaled from ocean mist and cold mist humidifiers (using fluoridated water)?
If U of C faculty presents itself as experts than they need to have answers to the above points. Please put the answers in a news release for circulation to all Canadians who need this information.
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