Epidemiological researchers with the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit have descended on Kingsville and Leamington to stare into the mouths of locals and figure out whether their teeth are fouler than those found in Windsor. The study, started last year, aims to measure the touted benefits of fighting cavities by adding fluoride into the municipal water […]
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The lost children: Dental issues plague northern families
After 29 years of peering in little mouths, Penny Griffith doesn’t wince anymore. The dental therapist with the Lac La Ronge Indian Band has become accustomed to seeing preschoolers’ teeth in a state most of us would find shocking — all four baby molars pocked with deep pits, and front teeth black and stumpy, literally […]
LaSalle: Fluoride issue punted
LaSalle council took the middle ground on the issue of fluoridation of drinking water Tuesday. Deputy Mayor Mark Carrick said there were “compelling arguments” on both sides of the issue and council approved a resolution asking the province to offer an opinion. Presentations were made by the director of the Canadian chapter of the International […]
Orillia: Fluoride expert speaks Friday
Orillia councillors are being urged to attend a talk on the potential dangers of water fluoridation by a noted authority on the subject. The Feb. 17 presentation by Dr. Paul Connett at Lakehead University comes just as the city prepares for public consultations on a proposal to fluoridate Orillia’s water supply. Council could make a […]
Amherstburg: Town council passes moratorium on putting artificial fluoridation into drinking water
Artificial fluoridation will stay out of Amherstburg’s drinking water after town council passed a moratorium against adding fluoride Monday night. Town council was unanimous in passing a motion put forward by Councillor Carolyn Davies that called for the moratorium to be put into place. Her motion read “that a moratorium be put on future purchase […]
Halton to continue water fluoridation
A natural mineral. A great equalizer. One of the most important health interventions of the last century. A toxin. A forced medicine. A cancer causer. The words used to describe the fluoride added to Halton’s drinking water differed greatly between delegates during Tuesday’s regional fluoridation vote. The meeting drew concerned parents, seniors and students who […]
London: Opinions mixed on fluoride
About 150 people turned out to a marathon public-input session on whether the city should keep adding fluoride to drinking water. Council’s civic works committee heard from people on both sides of the issue at Centennial Hall. While public health officials are in favour of continuing to use the additive as a low-cost way to […]
London: Opinions mixed on fluoride
About 150 people turned out to a marathon public-input session on whether the city should keep adding fluoride to drinking water. Council’s civic works committee heard from people on both sides of the issue at Centennial Hall. While public health officials are in favour of continuing to use the additive as a low-cost way to […]
London: Fluoride debate rages on
Fluoridation of the city’s water supply is either a safe and inexpensive technique to improve people’s health or is an insulting way of eliminating personal freedom of choice. Despite hours of “he said, she said” conversations, those were the two fundamental issues that came forward during a Civic Works Committee meeting at Centennial Hall that […]
Orillia: MOH wants fluoride in water
The region’s health unit is girding for opposition to its proposal to fluoridate Orillia’s drinking water. “We expect a dedicated opposition,” said Dr. Charles Gardner, medical officer of health. The health unit’s push for fluoridation is being driven by a study that shows Orillia children have the highest rates of decayed, missing, extracted, or filled […]