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EDMONTON — After eight years without fluoride in the city’s water, a Calgary councillor was hoping that her fellow legislators would decide to have a study done on the impact of removing it.

“There was no evidence to do this (in 2011),” said Coun. Diane Colley-Urquhart in advance of Monday’s vote.

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She urged her fellow councillors to keep an open mind about the evidence, saying she was open to hearing what the research has to say.

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

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.

Researchers will examine available evidence on the issue rather than conduct new research themselves.