Nonstick chemicals and pregnancy One of the main types of water-repellent chemicals used today is a fluorine-containing series known as the perfluorinated compounds, which also exhibit resistance to stains and grease. They are used worldwide in a broad range of consumer products such as cookware, food packaging, clothing, soft furnishings and home cleaning products. While […]
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Williams Lake: City will spend $25,000 on fluoride strategy
The City has approved spending $25,000 on a fluoridation communication strategy. At Tuesday’s meeting, council debated the merits of spending the money for a third party, Communications Solutions Inc., despite having previously agreed to spend up to $33,000 to engage in public consultation over the practice of fluoridation. Mayor Kerry Cook and Coun. Tom Barr […]
Taber Council Votes to Get Rid of Fluoride in Water
It appears the Town of Taber will be removing fluoride from it’s drinking water. Fluoride could be out of Taber’s drinking water as soon as September. At Monday’s regular meeting, Town Council gave third and final reading to a bylaw repealing fluoridation. Taber Mayor Ray Bryant says it’s now in the hands of Alberta Environment. […]
Toronto: MDs stress fluoride’s benefits
Re: City needs fluoride, dentists say, July 12 I was concerned to read that the City of Toronto is considering a recommendation to eliminate fluoride from its drinking water. Ontario’s doctors want to stress the health benefits of fluoride in drinking water, especially for children, immigrant and low-income groups. Fluoridation has been called a public […]
First Nation drinking water quality discussed
A main topic discussed at the 32nd Assembly of First Nations was the state of health and social development among First Nations communities. It was the subject at one of four strategy sessions that took place during the Annual General Assembly, which has been going on the past three days in Moncton. Key issues included […]
Waterloo: Crown proceeds with case against Ontario Dental Association
Provincial prosecutors are proceeding with a charge that the Ontario Dental Association breached the Ontario Municipal Elections Act during last year’s fluoridation referendum. The Crown is looking to confirm the trial dates in Kitchener’s Provincial Offences Court on Aug. 11, after a series of pre-trial motions. “The matters are in the process of being set […]
Toronto: Report suggests wide range of cuts to services -including fluoridation
An independent consulting firm is suggesting a wide-range of cuts to services offered by the city’s Public Works and Infrastructure division, from solid waste collection and snow removal to eliminating fluoridation in Toronto’s drinking water. The 44-page report was prepared for the city by consulting firm KPMG as part of a study into ways to […]
Meadow Lake: City council sticks with decision to cut fluoride
Despite appeals from the Prairie North Health Region, Meadow Lake city council appears to be going ahead with plans to scrap the city’s water fluoridation program. Ashley White, Prairie North’s dental health educator, spoke to council June 27 in an attempt to convince it to reconsider plans to end the community fluoridation program. Meadow Lake […]
Peterborough: Opponents planning to ask city council to stop use of fluoride
A group of residents is polishing up its argument against the use of fluoride in city water before taking the issue to city council. Michael Bell, the Green party’s Peterborough riding candidate in the recent federal election, and Fred Irwin, with Transition Town Peterborough, hosted a public meeting on the issue at the public library […]
Orillia: MOH wants fluoride in water
ORILLIA – Public health officials are urging the city to fluoridate Orillia’s water to address concerns over the state of local teeth. Medical officer of health Dr. Charles Gardner said Orillia’s children have the highest rates of decayed, missing, extracted and filled teeth in a study of Simcoe-Muskoka’s 10 largest communities. Fluoridation of municipal drinking […]