Canada - CBRM votes to keep fluoride in water supply

Dr. James Beck, biophysicist at the University of Calgary, speaks to Cape Breton regional council Tuesday night. Beck was influential in convincing Calgary city council to stop fluoridating its municipal water system. Chris Shannon — Cape Breton Post

CBRM votes to keep fluoride in water supply
Dr. James Beck, biophysicist at the University of Calgary, speaks to Cape Breton regional council Tuesday night. Beck was influential in convincing Calgary city council to stop fluoridating its municipal water system. Council was barraged by statistics, graphs and charts of data during five presentations by dentists, doctors and scientists.
For decades the water systems in Sydney, North Sydney, Glace Bay and New Waterford have used fluoride as a medicating ingredient against tooth decay.
At council’s monthly meeting Tuesday, Dr. James Beck, an influential biophysicist at the University of Calgary who played a key role in convincing politicians to end water fluoridation in that city, told CBRM council the amount of fluoride used in drinking water isn’t at issue, but the inability to control the dosage is the problem............