Sharon Peters

The logged areas |
have been in, give no
visible Indication that
replanting projects are
in process. Some of
the logged sites seem
to be left with a lot of
slash and debris. |
would like to see more
clean up done follow-
Ing logging operations
or more use made of
the trees left behind for
such purposes as pulp
chips. | don’t really

‘know how much

money this area ls
awarded for replanting
projects but It would
seem more funds for
clean up should be

- made available.

Ken Downs
The problem with
reforestation is that
the work Is contracted
out. | think more
money might be
available but since the
work is done on a con-
tract basis, com-
petitors underbid one
another which means
employees get low pay
for hard work and the
final resuits are poor

quality all around.

The Terrace Review asked:

Is the Terrace area getting
enough money for reforestation? |

Judy Chrysler

| think the Ministry
of Forests should be
called the Ministry of
Logging. Every area |
have seen where
reforestation is re-
quired has looked
positively pathetic. It
doesn’t seem as
though enough money
is available judging
from the state of many
logged sites.

Lianne Drake

| don't think they are
getting enough funds.
More should be done.

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Matcoim Hurd
Terrace could cer-
tainly use more money,
lf the community can
get it. |

Brian Kortmeyer

My feeling about
reforestation Is there is
never enough money
for planting projects.
B.C. does have a good
deal of timber but it

- seems to me that trees

are being cut down
faster than areas can
be replanted.

GOV't SEFVICES conten tom ree

communications officer
for the BCGEU’s central
office.

Fruman stated that the
two sides of the bargain-
ing table remain far
apart in spite of lengthy
negotiations. The
government’s offer of
zero, one and two per-
cent wage increases over
three years is unaccep-
table, she said, and add-

Exporter

Canada is by far the
world’s largest exporter
of lumber. Approx-

‘imately 60 percent of

Canada’s lumber pro-
duction comes from
B.C. mills.

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Terrace Review — Wednesday, July 9, 1986 5

Open letter to Mayor
Taistra and Aldermen,
Prior to the council
meeting on May 5, 1986
a group of citizens con-
cerned with the practise
of fluoridation of the ci-
ty drinking water
presented each. council
member with a. package
of information contain-
ing the latest scientific
data on fluoridation.
Instead of studying the
material. and. basing a
decision on this, council
chose to invite Dr. Zuc-
chiatti, a Terrace dentist,
to speak at the meeting.
Dr. Zucchiatti assured
everyone present that
fluoridation of drinking

_ water is safe.

’ I would like to know
how Dr. Zucchiatti has
reached this conclusion.
How is it possible that
someone who presum-
ably was invited as a
representative of the
health professions, can
make such a definitive
statement, when there is
plenty of scientific
evidence to support
fluoridation as unsafe?
Since I am_ haying
trouble accepting this
position as a credible
one, I am requesting that
Dr. Zucchiatti submit
any data which supports
that mass fluoridation
carries no risks to the
population of Terrace. I
would also like to have
the exact safe dose per
person in direct relation
to the amount ingested
on a daily basis, so that I
may assure myself that it
is indeed harmless for me
to consume quantities of
fluoridated Terrace

_drinking water. I would

like taken into account
here that the average per-
son takes in fluoride
from multiple sources
(air, food, fluoride
toothpaste, etc).

I think it is clear that
our group has worked
very hard to research the
subject and I respectfully

ed that concession
demands include increas-
ed hours, a 50 percent
reduction
benefits, a freeze on
merit bonuses, layoffs
for more than 300
members, and a fe-
classification regimen
which would take 2000
workers out of the
34,000-member union.
The negotiations
began after expiry of the
previous contract at the
end of last October.
Fruman said that the
talks reached an impasse
June 2, at which time the
union proposed a pro-
ductivity assessment to
show the government
ways of making the civil
service less costly and

in medical -

more efficient without
staffing cutbacks, wage
freezes and worker con-
cessions. The assessment
was undertaken by Larry
Bell, chief executive of-
ficer of the Van City
Credit Union and former
B.C. deputy finance
minister.

Fruman stated. that
recommendations in
Bell’s report could save
the province ‘‘several
million dollars per
year’’, but she said that
the findings had little im-
pact on the negotiations
other than an agreement
for a-contract term of
two instead of three
years. The union is ask-
ing for wage increases of
2.25 percent and three

percent over two years
and removal of the
government’s concession
demands. The govern-
ment’s offer of a $300
per member settlement
bonus in lieu of wage in-
creases was rejected, she
said.

When asked if the
union expected any of
the potential premiers in
the leadership race to
take a different ap-
proach to negotiating
than that of Bill Bennett,
Fruman replied that
many of the candidates
have gone on record as

favoring a non-con-~

frontational attitude
toward labor relations.
She declined to specify
any particular candidate.

otter — Fluoridation opposed

ask that Dr. Zucchiatti

and the council respond
in like by producing the
evidence which supports
the continuation of mass
fluoridation of the Ter-
race drinking water.

Based on my
research, there simply
does not exist any data
which proves that mass
fluoridation is complete-
ly safe. And further-
more, dental caries can-
not be classified as a
“fluoride deficiency
disease’ until such a
time when it has been
demonstrated that inade-
quate amounts of
fluoride in the diet -in-
variably produces dental
caries.

Dr. Zucchiatti also
stated at the council
meeting that the total
daily intake of fluoride
was not too crucial, since
any excess not used by
the body would be ex-
creted in the urine. I beg
to differ with this view
point, as my research
tells me that only about
half of the ingested
fluoride is eliminated;
the rest accumulates in
the skeleton, the teeth
and to a lesser extent in
soft tissue organs.

In the adult the pro-
portion of fluoride that
is retained is significantly
lower, except when
kidney function is im-
paired. Persons suffering
from nephritis have been
shown to excrete on the
average only 60 percent
as much fluoride as the
healthy person with’ no
kidney problems. How
many persons in Terrace
who have kidney disease
know this? .

I think it would be
-both wiser and safer to
discontinue mass
fluoridation and treat
only those who require it
with fluoride drops,
tablets or treatments.

It has been brought to
my attention that it costs
the District of Terrace

4630 Keith Ave,
Terrace

about $13,000 per year

“to fluoridate our drink-

ing water, Some persons
have questioned the cost |
to the individual of hav-
ing to self-medicate with
drops -or tablets. My
research shows that it
costs from 33-40 cents
per person per month to
fluoridate (tablets etc.)
This is a reasonable
amount, and when only.
those who are really in
need of fluoridation
make use of it, safe as
well. In the meantime, it
takes little calculation to
realize that $23,000 year-
ly adds up; no doubt a
number of gravel roads
in need of paving would
absorb these funds and
make many residents
happy. I once more ap-
peal to the council to
research the issue of
mass fluoridation and to
come to a decision based
on common sense and on
the principle of freedom
of choice. Mass fluorida-
tion of the drinking
water affects many peo-
ple, including those who
live outside city limits
but whose children at-
tend school in town or

-who spend time here for

other reasons such as
work, community affairs
and family com-
mitments. Fluoride is
considered a poison and
I ‘don’t .think any
member of council
would wish Terrace to be
considered a community ~
which does not consider
the effect of: a toxic
substance on its entire
population. .
Grethe Brorup
Terrace, B.C,

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