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It's time to seek the truth

By GRETHE BRORUP DR.:-TOM NENNINGER must-have been trying to be comical in his recent remarks regarding remov- ing fluoride from the water

as méiitioned by Dr. Fish -

in the:animated series Bob and Margaret,”

~But?Dr. Neaninger

| should:not be joking about

a serious matter like fluor- ide. 2,

Fluoride is a prescrip- tive, cumulative drug — an industrial waste product which is added to our drinking water in order to treat us, not the water.

The function of a public water supply is to provide safe drinking water.— not to serve.as a vehicle for dispensing drugs to treat people. ,

Fluoridation is a forced mass medication of people without regard to their needs or tolerance to it, It deprives us of our constitu- tional right of freedom of choice.

Fluoride ingestion has never been proven to be safe.’ There are no labora- tory studies in existence which prove the safety of fluoride ingestion.

' Fluoride has been re-

. jected because of its dan-

gers:to health and its inef- ‘fectiveness by 13 Eur- opean nations and ail major cities across Canada and the USA.

Sodium fluoride is the most toxic inorganic poi- son on earth, more deadly

even than cyanide and ar- .

senic.

-‘It-is used as rat poison. It causes cancer. In a 1978 court case in Pittsburgh — after hearing conclusive evidence presented by re- search scientisis — Judge John. Flaherty ruled that fluoride is a menace to cesres Pprs pets oath

Flaherty, who is pre- sently a Supreme Court judge in Pennsylvania sta- ted, “In my view the evi-

dence, is quite convincing that the addition of sodium

fluoride to the public water supply is extremely dele- terious to the human body.”

The same conclusion was reached earlier that

year by a court in Illinois in which the state was or- dered to stop fluoridating the water “because of pro- ven serious dangers to health.”

Fluorides in drinking waler contaminate all foods and drinks bottled or canned with fluoridated and adds to our daily in- take by as much as five times.

Fluoride does not boil off (for coffee, tea, soup, formula, etc.) but becomes more concentrated since it is a solid salt and not a gas.

In fluoridation there is no control over the total daily intake of fluoride since the total quality of water that people drink each day -— as well as other sources of fluoride intake — cannot be con- trolled,

People with diabetes, athletes and foundry work- ers drink several gallons of water daily which causes them to consume toxic le- vels of fluoride.

Fluorides are already prevalent in our air, food and water. Major industries emit fluorides into the air we breathe.

Other sources of envir- onmental fluoride are ferti- lizers, toothpaste, sea food, tea, wine, preserva- tives, additives, cigarettes, asbestos, fibreglass, bone meal, baking soda, tran- quilizers and all food pro- cessed with fluoridated walter,

A former pro-fluoride Canadian scientist, Dr. Hardy Limeback, changed his tune when he learned that 30 — 65 per cent of Canadian children now have visible signs of over- exposure to fluoride: den- tal fluoresces,

.Limeback,

toothpaste or drink fluori- dated water.” ;

Flucridation is a medi- cal mistake destined to re- sult in serious disaster with the potential of resulting in tragedy preater than that of thalidomide.

Dr. G.L. Waldbott, an internationally known al- lergist and work authority of fluoride said, “The

Fish fee hikes

to harm

local

tourist economy

By BRIAN PATRICK THE RECENT announce- ment regarding fishing li- cence costs will have some very direct negative effects on tourism and on local economics.

The Skeena River con- tains over two-thirds of all

‘of B.C.’s classified fishing waters and the doubling of the classified water fee (eg. Class 11 water for lourists from out of pro- vince) will directly affect how ‘much will be spent in the area.

“The average Alberta re- sident. who traditionally holidays on the Skeena River will be required to pay over $200 for each fa-

~/mily. member just for the

10 ‘days of classified water licences in addition to $90.95 for a fishing licence fee.

Picture a man, his wife

and two children. If they ©

do decide to pay, they will have to spend $1,200 on

fishing licences alone to’

fish the Skeena River for 10 days only,

As a retailer, I feel the $1200 would be much bet- ter for the local economy

if it was spent on tackle, .

bait, motel, campground,

groceries, pas, entertain-

ment, restaurant meal or whatever — all of which are taxed by the province with the benefit of oircula- ting their money through- out the economy. Each family has only so

‘much disposable income for holiday purposes and it just doesn’t make sense to take the majority of it as a licence fee.

The government will be taking the $1200 per fami- ly directly with absolutely no benefit whatsoever to the local economy. Free enterprise cannot survive this type of taxation.

A very large negative effect is that only 35 miles south we have the Kitimat River.

This river is not classi- fied so how many of the ‘thousands of tourists will

head there to avoid the

extra fees due to Class 11

“water classification.

.. My educated guess is they will tell me to stick the licence fee and drive the short distance to Kiti-

‘ mat. Terrace will lose all

benefits from these tradi- tional tourists.

The larger negative ef-

fect is overfishing on the Kitimat River. There are

“noticeably less salmon and

steelhead for ihe last few years, relurns partly due to the large numbers of people fishing the Kitimat River,

The increase in fishing

pressure on the Kitimat River is due mostly to people seeking to save the $10 per day classified water fee they have had to

pay over the last few years.

and. more will surely fol- low now. that it has been

re States,a: is health‘and can cause can-..iChildren wundetss three cedures, drugs, chemicals, “venshould never use fluoridate

about fluoride’s effects

FOR SOME fluoride is a valued ingredient in our public water supply to stop teeth decay. For others, it’s a poison to be eliminated from. our water supply.

wheels of science move slowly. It is only a matter of time until the true facts about this hazardous pro- ject must eventually be- come known to the medi- cal profession at large.”

How, many medical pro-

pesticides etc. were j.con- sidered absolutely safe for

‘many years and then later

found to be disastrous or harmful and withdrawn from use?

Are we willing to ex- change serious health pro- blems in the general popu- Jation to save a few cavi- ties in children (which are being questioned by experts)?

I don’t think Dr. Nen- ninger would like to ac- cuse the world’s foremost

scientists of erroneous in- °

formation. Or that the rest of the world, which N rec fluor-

= [eet

areat

cover the truth and let us

know what the ~ safe amount of fluoride inges- tion is for everybody.

Good healthy teeth stem from nutritious food — with little sugar, coca-cola and. goad hygiene with brushing and flossing.

It is now 2003 and we the residents of Terrace are still wasting the tax-

payers money on what the experts call mass poisan- ing.

_ Where have we been while the rest of the world has reached the above conclusions? -

There is a wealth of

tle " s¢ scientific ‘studi¢s | available,

to the’ public,today. }

‘T urge the residehts “éf" Terrace lo give serious thought and consideration to this questionable and outdated practice and to demand that each individ- ual have the choice of whether he/she wants to consume fluoride though their public water system.

» Grethe Brorup lives in Terrace.

Fist Mining Then Loggin

Now Tou risry;

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TOMBSTONE SIGN brought out a sombre message at a 1997 rally opposing proposed fish fee hikes by the NDP government of the day. The NDP backed down but the new Liberal government has hiked the fees once again.

doubled. As you well know, Ter- tace’s economy has been

. Feduced to basically fish-

ing and tourism and now | believe your government is

“about to destroy that, al

least your bureaucracy will if this goes ahead.

The deputy premier Ms. Christy Clark flew up here

‘in 1997, as the Liberal en-

vironment to help support our protest of the NDP government trying to in- crease the licence fees - then,

Now the shoes are on different feet and the bur- . eaucracy is going ahead tegardless of effect.

do have 15 years exper- fence in the fishing and tourist business as a major retailer,

A just and thoughtful government should seek some local points of view before doubling a tax, fo-

who choose to do recrea- tion on the Skeena River. The little money collected is definitely not worth the loss to our economy.

Some possible solutions

may be as simple as set--

ting an option for non-resi- dent Canadians and non- resident aliens (we are of the belief that our fellow Canadians should be

I haye no answers bul |. charged differently than

non-resident aliens) of a fixed fee covering access

_to all Classified 11 waters.

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‘cused simply at people -

This is the same as we now do for- residents who will not pay $15 per year to fish all classified rivers in the province.

The other increase re- , garding licences, salman.

. fags and steelhead tags are

generally fair and. long

, overdue,

‘Hf you allow this classi- fied licence fee issue to

proceed it will have a de-

‘vastating effect and would

be a terrible injustice to

’ this area,

Brian Patrick lives in Terrace,

The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 5, 2003 - AS

CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE TERRACE STANDARD

The Mail Bag

Too many anglers here

Dear Sir:

Rob Brown wrote a piece in his Skeena Angler column several months ago expressing his frustration and disappointment with the increasing crowds of anglers showing up in the Terrace area,

He seemed to be focussing his concern over the effect of articles being produced by prominent fishing mapazines. Although I.can agree that this magazine exposure is a contributing factor, I think. Rob was more than a little negligent in failing to mention the impact of the angling guide industry.

At this time of year many of the guide operators are touring fishing expositions in the U.S. advertising angling opportunities in our northwest area. There is also a barrage of guide advertising in those fishing magazines as well as on the internet. .

Many anglers.are drawn.in by this information regardless of whether they actually use the guide service or not. Also, many of the anglers that use the guide service return in subsequent seasons unguided and often bring more recruits to the fishery.

Guide operators are contributing to this crowding -

problem in a more ditect way as well. The classified waters act was introduced in 1990 as a means of controlling a rapidly expanding guide industry,

At this time an artificially high number of rod days were allocated due to a flawed grandfathering system. This was not a big factor during the early years of the act because the guide rod days were not being fully utilised by operators. As seasons passed those unused rod days have become filled in with more anglers resulting in more effort on our rivers.

My intent here is to help create a heightened level of awareness within the public sector with respect to the problems local anglers are facing on their traditional waters.

1 am not attempting to demean local ‘guide operations. I understand the contribution being made to the northwest economy. We are facing a tough

challenge, in trying to find a balance between the’

positive economic benefits associated with the commercial angling. sector vs. the negative consequences they impart upon our social values and quality of recreational opportunities.

Being an avid angler and along term resident of the northwest area, Ihave witnessed the tremendous increase in the angling effort firsthand.

Over the past decade I have been a strong proponent of legislation which would serve to control the level of non-resident angling pressure in our area.

I am beginning to see public sentiment swinging toward this management.strategy and I remain hopeful towards a resolution in the not. too distant future. I wuuld urge all resident anglers to become involved by expressing their opinions through local angling advisory groups, letters to the local newspaper and letters to government.

Don Intermela, Hazelton B.C.

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- Premier: ducks a crowd” e

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Dear ‘Sit:'*"

The. Premier of B.C. passed through town on Feb. 14, meeting with invited guests at the Coast Inn of the West to brief them on 2010. What happened inside at this meeting has been well reported on. by the media, But there was action on the outside of the Inn that afternoon.

There were a number of people there, standing j in.

the cold, wanting to see the Premier. These people were sawmill workers, hard workers, that spend:a lot of money in the stores in town, even in the Inn.

These people have been out of work for 17 months, and they wanted to talk to the Premier about that, because he sold the mill they used to work for.

While the Premier was inside talking about how great the Olympics will be, they stood there in the cold, worrying about the mortgage payments. they “have no money to meet, If the Premier knew who these people were, he did not care,

Roger Harris, our MLA, was inside with the Premier. Our Mr. Harris, whom the people outside voted for to be their representative in Victoria, did not care about who was outside,

The rules of order for those people’ outside state

that. after 18 months the

" mill owner can. hire

“ - whomever he likes. For While the one of those people Premier Was outside to speak out inside talking means he will never have

another job with this employer, or in this town. This is coercion. and blackmail, illegal in most of the free world,

The people outside made & polite but valiant effort to get an audience with the Premier, They went in a body to the door, and were met there, we assume, by the host, and were refused entry because they had no ‘invitation and did not have the $10 entry fee to see their Premier. There was several minutes of polite discussion with no results.

Then somebody called the police to disperse this ‘crowd of unemployed people who. cnly wanted to . discuss their situation. The police arrived and asked, “Who is the union leader here?”

After some polite discussion with the police, this crowd was told to “get off private property,” which they did.

The premier of our province spends tax dollars to come to town and tell us how wonderful the Olympics will be, if we win the bid. He leaves mill workers, who were forced out of work 17 months ago, standing in the cold without a dime in their pockets, and does not even grant them an audience,

And then sneaks out of town by the same underground route that brought him here.

Les Watmough, Terrace, B.C.

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about how great the Olympics will be, they stood there in the cold.”

_ long weekend.