March 30th, 2011 By: Melissa Keith Last year Health Canada
released Fluoride in Drinking Water, a document for public
inspection and comment, prepared by the Federal-Provincial-
Territorial Committee on Drinking Water. A panel of six experts,
four of them dentists, investigated fluoride exposure data with
the intent of “revising the current drinking-water guideline”
for Canada, while explicitly stating that their objective was
not to dictate municipal fluoridation practices. Fluoridated
water is a tough mouthful to swallow for the increasing number
of Canadians questioning its impact on their bodies and the
environment. Critics have questioned the lengthy report on
multiple fronts, including failure to rigorously assess the role
of fluoride in a globally pervasive health condition—thyroid
disease. The Health Canada study did not seriously consider
thyroid health when it put forward a maximum acceptable
concentration (MAC) level of 1.5 mg of fluoride per litre of tap
water, according to a response from Carole C