How The Fluoride Was Turned On

Mainstream media and medicines try to give us the impression that public water fluoridation was approved by an overwhelming majority in the past. They insist that the issue is not worth revisiting, and that we are wasting our politicians’ time. I would like to share with you the stubborn and crooked politics that introduced fluoride into Lethbridge water.

This information was retrieved from a report to Lethbridge City Council submitted by Doug Kaupp, the General Manager of Water and Wastewater.

How the fluoride was turned on:
In 1952, the Alberta government amended the Public Health Act and thereby dictated that decisions to fluoridate in Alberta be made by a local plebiscite. The Act required a two-thirds majority vote for implementation. This requirement was reduced to a simple majority vote by another amendment to the act in 1966.

After four previously unsuccessful attempts, the City of Lethbridge held its fifth fluoride plebiscite in 1974 in conjunction with the fall municipal election. With a slight majority of citizens voting in favour of fluoridation, bylaw 3236 authorizing fluoridation of the communal water supply was passed.

Lethbridge Fluoridation Plebiscites
Date             Bylaw  For   Against Rejected Required
June 26, 1957    2230   38.49% 60.92%  0.59%   66.7%
June 7, 1961     2384   52.86% 46.68%  0.46%   66.7%
October 13, 1965 2602   42.61% 53.77%  3.62%   66.7%
October 18, 1967 2711   48.32% 50.05%  1.63%   50%
October 16, 1974 3236   50.26% 46.78%  2.96%   50%
 
 
We can see here that it took five attempts and an amendment to the Public Health Act, to finally begin poisoning Lethbridge. So you can imagine my irritation when local pro-fluoride advocates insist that we give up. They attempted three times and rejected Lethbridge’s better judgment. Determined, they lobbied to have the bar lowered, tried again and still failed. Then finally, against the odds, they allegedly won by a miserable one quarter percent, and here we are today. 
This does not seem like fair play to me. What do you think? I hope that we don’t have to be twice as stubborn to overturn this atrocity. Although, I assure you, we are prepared to be!