The FLUORIDE Report Fluoride Free Canada |
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Hello : RESULTS OF VOTE The newsletter title of "The Fluoride Report" won by a landslide. Thanks to all who participated. INTRODUCTION VIDEO Fluoride Free Canada has finalized our introduction/launch video which has been posted to our "About" page with a one-minute teaser on our home page. Please take a few minutes to review our message. |
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CANADIAN'S CHALLENGED BY BIASED MEDIA It's a little over a week until Calgary's fluoridation plebiscite on October 18th. Safe Water Calgary has been hard at work to get the word out to Canada's third largest city's 1.3 million residents about the health problems of putting fluoride back into the city's tap water. Unfortunately, the Postmedia Network, which owns The National Post and The Financial Post, and effectively operates more than 90 percent of all Canadian dailies and weeklies, is heavily biased in favour of fluoridation. Therefore, Safe Water Calgary is finding it challenging to get the truth out via the printed media. In any event, here are some of the things their hardworking team has accomplished: - Distributed 410,000 double-sided flyers through Canada Post in the last week of September.
- Distributed 2,100 lawn signs in all 14 Calgary Electoral wards.
- Distributed over 3,000 highly informative half-sized flyers.
- Implemented a major social media campaign for Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Google.
- Participated at several rallies in the city centre with tables and signs and flyers.
- Hosted two live fundraiser cocktail events.
- Held numerous live and virtual speaking engagements.
- Created over 50 memes, some of which roll across the top of their website.
Fluoridation was, however, treated in a balanced manner in Alberta Views. Not only was the founder of Safe Water Calgary, Dr. Bob Dickson able to present his position, he was also able to rebut the comments of Dr. Richard Musto who is pro-fluoridation. This makes an interesting read. Often pro-fluoridation articles will try to diminish the value that our Canadian scientist, Christine Till, brings to the table, referring to her as an activist. Take a look at her credentials, as well as a video in which she presents her irrefutable scientific findings. There will be no question in your mind after you listen to her presentation. WHO IS CHRISTINE TILL? |
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Christine Till, PhD is one of Canada's leading scientists. She is a tenured Associate Professor in the Clinical Developmental Area in the Department of Psychology and Faculty of Health at York University, Toronto, Ontario. She is also appointed as an Adjunct Scientist of the Neurosciences and Mental Health Research Program at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. She gives an in-depth look at the detail of her studies on fluoride in the video below. She concludes: |
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"A lot has changed since the 1940s when water fluoridation was first introduced. We now have topical fluorides, like toothpaste, and we know more about how fluoride works. There will always be questions that need answers, but now we have mounting scientific evidence showing a consistent pattern of lower IQ associated with early-life exposure to fluoride. The question becomes: How much more information is needed before we raise concerns, at least for a particular subset of the population? Failure to act could amount to enormous costs at the population level." |
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In this video Christine Till comments: "For the topic as controversial as the safety of fluoride, we need to consider all the evidence with a commitment to the best, available science. Now we have the most comprehensive document on this topic than ever before (NTP review). It was put together by a very qualified and experienced group of scientists who were screened for conflicts of interest, and who were trained to read through every study. It was their duty to judge each study's quality thoroughly, regardless of whether it supports one position or another. They systematically searched and screened a large evidence base. As an additional quality control, the report was reviewed not once, but twice by another independent committee of scientists, convened by the National Academy of Science, to ensure that the process was transparent, that they followed the process, and that the conclusion was clear and transparent." "I have been able to view this excellent presentation of a review of the Fluoride-IQ literature from the author of some of the key studies. For any one with an open mind, a reasonable background in science or just plain common sense this should be the final word on this debate. No community should deliberately put this neurotoxic substance into the public drinking water." — Paul Connett, PhD co-author of The Case Against Fluoride (Chelsea Green , 2010) and science advisor to Fluoride Free Canada. FLUORIDE FACT "Fluoride exposure is consistently associated with lower IQs in children" — that is the conclusion of the National Toxicology Program (NTP) Systematic Review of Fluoride Exposure and Neurodevelopmental and Cognitive Health Effects (mentioned above). HOW CAN YOU HELP TODAY? Watch Christine Till's presentation and if nothing else, come away with a greater respect for the integrity of the science being done today. (In our last newsletter, we asked you to support Calgary. Safe Water Calgary wishes to thank you for all the donations that poured in to offset their many expenses.) Sincerely, Dr. James Winter, PhD Fluoride Free Canada Newsletter Director |
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