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Like the rest of you city council continues to be as divided as the Capulets and the Montagues when it comes to fluoridating Cornwall water.And not unlike another tragedy, it appears a razor-thin majority at the council table will vote to see fluoride returned to the water supply. I’ve railed against fluoride in our water, […]

Cornwall council members appeared Monday to reflect the general public’s feelings on whether drinking water should contain fluoride. In other words, all over the place. Some councillors want it, some don’t and others remain undecided. A pro-fluoride presentation to council that relied on the science, but also sound public policy, from local medical officer of […]

Proponents of water fluoridation said Cornwall’s overall health will suffer if the practice is abandoned. Paul Roumeliotis, the local medical officer of health, and Canada’s chief dental officer Dr. Peter Cooney, told councillors Monday too much scare mongering is taking place from critics of the practice. Cooney said one would have to drink as much […]

NAIRN AND HYMAN – The mayor of the Township of Nairn and Hyman said he was not surprised the Sudbury and District Health Unit condemned the town council’s recent decision to remove fluoride from the local water supply. The April 11 vote to end water fluoridation in the township was months in the making, said […]

Tooth decay rates have spiked in Windsor, Ont. according to the latest report from the region’s health unit. The proportion of children that required urgent dental care increased by 10 per cent between 2011 and 2015. The number of children who did not need care decreased by 24 per cent. The “most alarming” trend was the two-fold […]

The Sudbury and District Health Unit has condemned the Nairn and Hyman Township Council’s recent decision to remove fluoride from the community’s water supply. The township has had fluroide [sic] in its water supply since the early 1990s, but passed a motion on April 11 to remove it. “I am very concerned by the Nairn […]

The area’s medical officer of health is expected to make a detailed presentation to city council Monday night, outlining his support for water fluoridation in Cornwall. The Eastern Ontario Health Unit’s Paul Roumeliotis will refute material provided just two weeks ago from an American university professor who lobbied city council to abandon water fluoridation for […]

Health staff involved in a review of local water fluoridation is neither supportive nor opposed to the long-standing practice, according to Peel’s top medical official. Medical Officer of Health Dr. Eileen de Villa has assured members of the Community Water Fluoridation Committee that regional health staff are objective participants in the ongoing process that is […]

As my buddy Bill Kingston rightly pointed out Monday night: “If only people were as passionate about the city budget and taxes as they are about fluoride.”The council chambers at city hall were jammed Monday night as opponents to the return of water fluoridation in Cornwall took centre stage at a meeting that stretched on […]

In a 3-2 vote this week, Township of Nairn & Hyman council voted to drop fluoride from the municipal water supply. Councillors Brigita Gingras, Charlene Martel, Rod MacDonald and Riet Wigzell were deadlocked, so Mayor Laurier Falldien broke the tie in favour of dropping fluoride A survey had been sent out during the previous month […]