Artificial water fluoridation may soon end in Canada, making low-fluoride tap water a truly safe option for everyone including babies. Several regions and cities (Niagara, Dryden, Kingston and Quebec City) have permanently stopped adding the corrosive industrial waste fluoride product

Safe drinking water is a fundamental human right, and public tap water should be safe for all. However, the National Research Council’s 2006 report on the health risks of fluoride intake from water has raised serious concerns about the safety

Our indefatigable Board Member, Aliss Terpstra, has been attending Toronto community-based meetings for the past year:

Ashbridges Bay Neighbourhood Liaison Committee (NLC) which makes recommendations to city council on matters related to wastewater and sewage treatment; and Citizens for a

A team from the Harvard School of Public Health warn of a “silent pandemic in modern society”. They say millions of children may already have been affected. Long suspected by health environmentalists and scientists, a long list of industrial chemicals

Submission to the Expert Panel on First Nations Water Quality Regulation
by Marion Odell ( info@iicph.org ) and Aliss Terpstra
August 30, 2006

Conferences attended this year included

Fall 2004 – Democratizing the United Nations by including the presence of women and women’s issues, New York City. A paper prepared by Dr. Bertell was presented by Marion Odell.

Summer 2005 – Reunion of

Fluoridation is a serious breach of ethics

Many processed beverages and foods contain elevated levels of fluoride? The elevated levels are due to the use of fluoridated water and the ubiquitous presence of fluoride from pesticides. Total fluoride exposure has increased substantially since the early days of

“Fluorine gas is highly reactive, and with water in air forms hydrofluoric acid (HF), which is corrosive to all common metals and glass. Liquid fluorine is the most powerful chemical oxidiser and the most reactive non-metal.” — Arthur L. Knight,