FAN Bulletin 953
   
April 15, 2008

Dear Supporter,

Yesterday the citizens of Dryden delivered a huge rejection to the notion of restarting fluoridation in their town. A massive majority said NO ? 1902 versus 292. That’s 87% to 13%.

This is an embarrassing defeat for Canada’s chief dental officer Dr. Peter Cooney who spoke in Dryden on April 1 and did his best to persuade the citizens that fluoridation was safe and effective (see FAN bulletin #950, 4/7/08).

I spoke with one of the leaders of the citizens’ campaign last night after the victory was declared ? local pharmacist Rob Button — and he said that they wanted to share what they have learned in this campaign with other communities in Ontario and Canada. He is looking forward to doing this at the FAN 3 conference in Toronto in August (details below). Are the dominos beginning to fall ? the Niagara region in 2007; Quebec City on April 1, 2008 and now Dryden on April 14?  How many more before August?

Congratulations to all the citizens of Dryden who made this wonderful victory possible. Please send your congratulations to Tom and Joyce Fleming  at who will share them with the rest of crew.

Paul Connett

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ISFR-FAN Conference

This coming August 7-11 there will be a very special double-event which will take place on the beautiful Missasauga campus of the University of Toronto. The first part of this double-event (August 7-10) will be the 28th international conference of the International Society for Fluoride Research (ISFR). Overlapping with this will be FAN’s third Citizens Conference on Fluoride and will run from Sunday am (August 10) to Monday lunchtime August 11. The theme of the ISFR meeting is “Fluoride: bone and brain effects.” FAN’s conference will here some more science from guest speaker Dr. Vyvyan Howard, but most of the time will be spent strategizing with activists from across the US and Canada and some from beyond.

Try to come to both events: learn the science from some of the leading fluoride researchers in the world and strategize with some of the key leaders in the anti-fluoridation movement.  The full details  can be obtained from http://www.fluorideresearch.org/404/files/FJ2007_v40_n4_p207-213.pdf  

If you wish to attend both events please send your pre-registration fee by June 30 for $125 to Hardy Limeback
 
Payment: Payment in Canadian dollars is preferred, as conference accounts will
be paid in CAN$, but US dollars will also be acceptable. Please send a bank draft
or cheque made out to “Dr Hardy Limeback, ISFRXXVIII Conference Organizer”
by registered mail to: Associate Professor Hardy Limeback, 1060 Springhill
Drive, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, L5H 1M9, accompanied by the Conference
Registration Form or a letter containing the information. If advance notice is given
to Professor Limeback, participants may also pay the registration fee by cash or
travellers cheques at the registration desk at the time of registration.

Please indicate that you are a member of FAN as I have committed to get 30 FAN people to come to the ISFR conference. Please e-mail Dr. Limeback (hardy.limeback@dentistry.utoronto.ca)  soon as possible to indicate your intentions of attending.

If you wish to attend just the FAN 3 conference please send $50 ($25 will go to ISFR and $25 to FAN) to FAN, 82 Judson Street, Canton, NY 13617 (address the check to AEHSP- FAN3 conference).

If you cannot attend but would like to help others attend please send your donation to FAN at FAN, 82 Judson Street, Canton, NY 13617 (address the check to AEHSP- FAN conference donation). This donation is tax-deductible.