SOUTH MUSKOKA — Now more than ever, Canadians are becoming aware of how certain chemicals and pollutants can harm not only the environment but also our health. Many of us are becoming more discerning about the products we use and the foods we consume. So it’s no surprise that some of us have begun to […]
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Muskoka: Water fluoridation to continue
MUSKOKA — Fluoride is staying in Muskoka’s drinking water, the district’s public works and engineering committee has decided. The resolution in favour of keeping fluoridation was passed by a vote of 4-1 last Wednesday, with advice from the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit and the district’s engineering and public works department. The matter will now […]
Red Deer: Online petition demands city pull fluoride from water
A concerned resident has created an online petition in the hope of giving Red Deer citizens the choice on whether they want to be exposed to fluoride or not. “I just want clean water,” said Dwight Roux, who posted the petition on April 8. The married denturist and father of three has been researching the […]
Calgary’s fluoride battle isn’t over; Alberta Health fighting removal
Alberta’s health superboard has launched a last-ditch attempt to keep Calgary’s water treated with fluoride, urging Alberta Environment to reject the proposed change to the city’s water -treatment licence. Although council voted overwhelmingly in February to end fluoridation, the change can’t occur until the provincial government changes terms of Calgary’s water operating licence. The province […]
Calgary: Make Calgary keep fluoride, province urged
Alberta Health Services wants the province to stop Calgary from taking fluoride out of the drinking water. City council voted in February by a margin of 10-3 to stop adding fluoride to the city’s drinking water. But Dr. Richard Musto, Calgary’s medical officer of health — a position appointed by Alberta Health Services (AHS) — […]
Fort St. John: Residents to vote on fluoride fate
Residents will soon be able to settle the recent fluoride debate at the next municipal election. On Monday, Fort St. John City Council passed a bylaw to allow the question of whether residents would like to continue having fluoride added to the City’s water supply. One Fort St. John resident approached the City in 2009, […]
Toronto votes to continue fluoridating water
The Toronto Board of Health voted Monday to accept the recommendation of Toronto’s medical health officer to continue the use of fluoride in the city’s water. The board voted unanimously to reaffirm water fluoridation in the city. Toronto’s current level of water fluoridation is 0.6 milligrams per litre, according to Dr. David McKeown, Toronto’s medical […]
Toronto: Fluoride, or how I learned to stop worrying and drink the water
Fluoridation has been drawing cranks out of the woodwork for decades. In Cold War days, right-wingers raged against the growing practice of putting fluoride in the drinking water to prevent tooth decay. Their fervour was lampooned in the 1964 Stanley Kubrick film Dr. Strangelove, in which rogue general Jack Ripper sends his bombers to nuke […]
Toronto: Public health to look at fluoridation policy
The Toronto Public Health board is wading into the fluoride debate Monday. Board members are mulling reaffirming public health’s support of putting fluoride in the city’s water supply.. Toronto’s chief medical officer of health Dr. David McKeown is recommending the board continue to support the city’s decades old practice of fluoridation. Waterloo, Ont. voted last […]
Statement From Dr. Arlene King, Chief Medical Officer of Health for Ontario
As Chief Medical Officer of Health for Ontario, I am very concerned about the loss of fluoridated drinking water in certain communities in spite of consistent evidence that water fluoridation is safe and effective. Support for Water Fluoridation More than 90 national and international professional health organizations, including Health Canada, the Canadian Public Health Association, […]