Ban on artificial water fluoridation -new policy

The motion to ban artificial fluoridation products became official Green Party policy Friday afternoon at the BGM. It is with great honor and relief that I share this with you and other Greens around the world that are championing for leadership on the issue of fluoridation. I received a letter today from a fellow green in New Zealand that commends us on our leadership with our decision to put an end to fluoridation, and hopes that our recent victory can influence his Green constituency to adopt a similar policy.

I submitted the resolution after 6 years of research, activism, and direct advocacy with other NGO's and individuals that share equal concern of how fluoridation impacts our health, environment, and economy. In all these sources of impact, fluoridation is very simply put, unsustainable. http://greenparty.ca/motion/g10-p19

I appreciate that some of you may be reading this and wondering what fluoridation means, but I write this knowing that our party overwhelmingly supported it precisely because our environmental and social justice literacy is higher than that of the other parties. Evidence is in active support of this recently adopted policy.

For the minority that may have voted against it, or yellow lighted it not sure of its jurisdictional validity as per the considerations imposed, I provide a brief summary below.

Fluoridation is the act by which municipal government artificially adds fluoride into the public drinking water supply. It is added in one of three compounds, the most typically added in Canada is a fluorosilicic also known as Hexafluorosilicic acid (HFSA). It is a liquid by-product of phosphate fertilizer manufacturer. Because it is carried in water, it is very expensive to transport. Toronto gets its supply from Florida, in 40,000 ton truckloads that travel over 2000 kms to Toronto's water treatment plants. Toronto pays up to $1500 per shipment for an apx. cost of 50 million a year on transportation, maintenance and operational costs of this industrial waste. That's a cost of 500 million over ten years.

You can appreciate why these facts alone are susbstantial in adopting policy to protect Canadians.

The Toronto Coalition Against Fluoridation (TCAF) has contributed to the campaign to engage Elizabeth May in a discussion of this recently adopted policy. It is worth fellow greens and other Canadians to learn of  why adding industrial waste to our bodies, environment, in particular our great lakes, and our already vulnerable eco-system, isn't sustainable and must be stopped.

Please follow this link to vote each day: http://www.themarknews.com/contests/3-win-a-conversation-with-elizabeth-...

To learn more about Fluoridation in Canada, please visit: www.voteoutfluoride.com

CRL