The debate is a passionate one — do we continue to add fluoride to our water, or don’t we? While the issue has fallen beneath the radar of most Woolwich residents, who may deem this to be a city issue, the reality is somewhat different. Both Elmira and St. Jacobs residents are currently having fluoride […]
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The Absurdities of Water Fluoridation (Toronto does it)
Toronto adds poisonous fluoride to your drinking water. It’s a toxic waste product and many health officials decry its use as causing bone cancer, mottled teeth and for being ineffective at reducing cavities when drunk. Water fluoridation is a peculiarly American phenomenon. It started at a time when Asbestos lined our pipes, lead was added […]
Waterloo: Fluoride foes say proposed question is biased, incomplete
WATERLOO REGION — A proposed referendum question on fluoridating Waterloo’s drinking water is misleading and biased, speakers told regional councillors Tuesday night. A question on continuing the practice will be included on the ballot in this fall’s municipal election. It would only be posed in places where fluoride is added to the municipal water supply […]
Is Fluoridation Endangering Public Health in Favour of Government and Corporate Interests?
Water fluoridation chemicals are a byproduct of the phosphate fertilizer industry. This is an industry which produces toxic emissions of fluoride gas; these emissions are captured at the fertilizer plant by pollution control devices called ‘wet-scrubbers’ and become hydrofluorosilicic acid or HFSA (a classified hazardous waste). Once collected, it is pumped into tankers and sold, […]
Lambton Area. Updated: Fluoride to stay in local drinking water
The local water board decided Friday to continue adding fluoride to local drinking water. The vote followed months of discussion by the body that provides drinking water to Sarnia, Point Edward, St. Clair Township, Plympton-Wyoming, Lambton Shores and Warwick Township. Board members from Sarnia, Point Edward and Plympton-Wyoming voted Friday in favour of continuing to […]
Gatineau councillor backs fluoridation
Excerpt: Gatineau Councillor Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin is using his Facebook site to advocate fluoridation of the city’s water supply — while many of his colleagues reject the idea despite widespread evidence that it prevents tooth decay… Click here to read full article
Quebec eyes Gatineau in bid in increase fluoridation rates
The Quebec government is hoping Gatineau will agree to put fluoride in its water supply, and is even willing to pay for it, but it could wait a long time for city leaders to agree. Denise Laferrière, a Hull sector councillor and president of the city’s Ville en Santé advisory commission said last week that […]
Sarnia-Lambton: Fluoride vote on the way
After years of debate it appears Sarnia-Lambton’s water board is poised to keep fluoride in local drinking water. An Observer poll of member municipalities of the Lambton Area Water Supply System (LAWSS) shows that a resolution to keep fluoride would pass if it is put to the board at its Feb. 26 meeting. The board […]
Fluoride sharing the same legacy as asbestos
In the early 1900s, uranium-containing products were a common sight in local pharmacies. As unthinkable as it seems now, there was actually a time when this precarious material was used for its supposed healing properties. Customers, unaware of the dangers of radiation, would rub their aching joints with “healing pads” filled with low-grade uranium. Pills […]
Sarnia: Fluoride vote illustrates how divided council is on the issue
A tied vote at Sarnia City Council Monday night on the issue of fluoride in the local drinking water supply illustrates just how divided our politicians are on the issue. In a recorded vote at Monday’s council meeting, councillors Andy Bruziewicz, Bev MacDougall, Jon McEachran and Anne Marie Gillis voted in favour of removing fluoride […]