Lake Cowichan's drinking water may not be as healthy as the public thinks, Burnaby-based Health Action Network Society president Jane Shaak argues. The fluoridation of the water, she said, must end.
"I'm sure a lot of people in Lake Cowichan don't know they're the only community on the island that has (fluoridated water)," she said.
Not only is Lake Cowichan the only place on Vancouver Island still adding fluoride to their drinking water, its citizens make up some of the only 3.7 per cent of British Columbians with access to fluoridated water. Prince George is currently the largest centre with fluoride added to its water supply, with no water fluoridation taking place on the Lower Mainland. The Health Action Network Society has a goal of educating the remaining communities adding fluoride into their water to stop doing so.
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For more information about the dangers of fluoride:
Does Fluoride Put Us At Risk?
http://www.hans.org/magazine/589/Does-Fluoride-Put-U...
BC Fluoride Update
http://www.hans.org/magazine/590/BC-Fluoride-Update
Vyvyan Howard's Toronto Presentation on Fluoride
http://www.hans.org/magazine/396/presentation-fluori...
Fluoride Action Network
http://www2.fluoridealert.org/