Fish may not brush their teeth, but they could be dying from fluoride consumption, according to a city conservation group. The Sierra Club of Canada’s Chinook chapter is so concerned about the levels of fluoride in the city’s waterways, it wants aldermen to impose a moratorium on fluoridation. Past concerns have focused on perceived threats […]
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Fluoride for drinking water put on Montreal’s agenda
Fluoridation of drinking water was not part of infrastructure and financing studies made public yesterday, but the issue is on the city’s agenda, at least for discussion purposes. Quebec’s Public Health Department has asked to discuss possible fluoridation with the city at a meeting this month. Most of Montreal, with the exception of several West […]
Terrace may stop fluoridation
A REFERENDUM to end the fluoridation of drinking water may be coming to Terrace. City council voted Jan. 13 to explore the idea after several councillors called fluoride an unnecessary poison in the drinking water. Councillor Rich McDaniel said recent research indicates the health hazards of fluoridation outweigh the benefits. “Terrace is one of only […]
Milton council refuses to support fluoridation of local water
Halton Region will have to take the lead in the fluoridation of Milton water after Town council refused to open the can of worms. Councillor Rick Malboeuf brought forward a motion Monday that would’ve seen council declare its support for fluoridation. But the motion was withdrawn after several councillors said they had no interest in […]
Biting Back Against Fluoride
“IT’S THE CRIME of the century,” 82-year-old Len Greenall says, his voice rising in passionate indignation. “It’s an immoral invasion of bodily privacy.” He’s sitting at the dining room table of his Surrey, B.C., home, a heap of files beside him, discussing the evils of municipal water fluoridation, a fight he’s waged for 45 years. […]
Should West Island continue fluoridation?
Saying fluoride is available in so many ways today, Dorval borough chairman Peter Yeomans would like a study to see if it should be taken out of the West Island’s drinking water supply. “I’m not saying that it should be taken out,” Yeomans said, “but fluoride is so readily available these days that it seems […]
Troubled Waters: Danger on Tap?
Canada’s water is safe. Even most environmentalists agree. But many experts caution against consuming too much water from the faucet. Bacteria are not a worry with our heavily chlorinated municipal water. So what’s the problem? Sewage treatment plants release heavy metals (cadmium, chromium, copper, mercury, lead and zinc) directly into lakes and rivers from which […]
Cobalt Rejects Fluoridation
People in a small Northern Ontario community have voted overwhelmingly to stop adding fluoride to the town’s drinking water due to health concerns. Residents of Cobalt, a community of 1,250 people 135 kilometres northwest of North Bay, voted last Tuesday against fluoridation. The practice was rejected by 140 of the 159 people who cast a […]
Small Ontario town turns tide on 40 Years of Fluoridation
On Wednesday, the small northern Ontario town of Cobalt voted overwhelmingly to become the first community in Canada’s largest province to turn back the clock on nearly four decades of public drinking water fluoridation in Ontario. “The turnout was disappointing,” said town councillor Vic Legault, who campaigned almost alone for 180 days to force a […]
Kamloops Votes to Remove Fluoride from Water
On Saturday 10/13/01 the City of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada (37% voter turnout) voted to stop fluoridation by 63%. Kamloops, in the interior of the province, has a population of about 90,000 and had been fluoridated since 1961. Much of the credit has to be given to Marcelle Leibel. This lady never gave up the […]