Fluoride beginning in Calgary water beginning subsequent month
In the October 2021 municipal elections, the fluoride in Calgary’s drinking water will be resumed from June 30, about 3, year after voting in favor of fluoridation.
The fluoridation process will complement the natural fluoride in the bow and elbow rivers, bringing it to the “optimal level of 0.7 mg per liter”, the city said in a release.
This is the fluoride level recommended by the guidance of Canada, health for community water fluoridation. Health Canada is one of more than 90 national and international governments and health organizations that support drinking water fluoridation.
Fluoride supports oral health by re -filling minerals such as calcium and phosphate on the surface of the teeth, making the enamel strong and more resistant to acids, bacteria and teeth decay.
University of Calgary Coming School of Medicine Research on this subject was done in 2021It was found that among students of Grade 2 in Calgary and Edmonton, children in Calgary were more likely to have a cavity than people living in Edmonton, where water has been fluoride since 1967.
“The fluoridation benefits the community, especially without access to those weakest people and dental care,” the city said.
Fluoride has no effect on the taste, smell or presence of drinking water.
Plan of year in making
The 2021 civil election included a referendum on fluoridation, and 62 percent of the people expressed support to resume the city’s drinking water for the flylide.
The newly elected council of the city voted in its favor a month after the election.
The water supply of Calgary was first fluoride in 1991, adding the fluoride to the city’s drinking water for three decades, before the council voted in 2011 to end the process, the year in which the city’s existing fluoridation infrastructure reached the end of its life cycle.
The 2021 decision resulted in upgrading to the city’s infrastructure in 2023, nearly two years after the speed was passed, before 2024 was postponed and then this year was postponed.
Glenmore and Beer Empathy Water Treatment Plants came up with the installation of new fluoride equipment, including tags of $ 28.1 million and $ 1 million with an annual cost of $ 28.1 million.
“This per capita per capita per capita per person per month per month. It is already funded through the council-eternal water rates. There is no support from the property taxes,” the city said.
According to Alberta Health Services, “Each $ 1 dental cost spent on community water fluoridation can save up to $ 93 per person.”
AHS supports water fluoridation “as a fundamental public health remedy to prevent teeth decay and improve oral health.”
Calgary is included in other Alberta municipalities such as Edmonton, Red Deer and Lathbridge, with water fluoridation.
“The highest priority of Calgary is in providing safe and reliable drinking water to citizens to citizens, where we continue to perform better and perform than all drinking water rules,” the city said.
