Calgary councillors call for study on effects of removing fluoride from water

CALGARY- City councillors have agreed to ask for a study on the effects of removing fluoride from the city’s drinking water eight years ago.

Council voted Monday night for the University of Calgary’s O’Brien Institute for Public Health to examine the benefits and detriments of fluoridation.

Ward 13 Coun. Diane Colley-Urquhart, who presented the motion, also presented a similar motion in 2016 calling for a study, but it was defeated.

Dr. William Ghali of the O’Brien Institute says the study should take about three or four months, since the motion has requested the information by June.