Windsor delays adding fluoride back to drinking water by one year

Extra tests required to determine how fluoride will interact with corrosion control chemicals already in place Additional water quality testing means fluoride won’t be reintroduced to Windsor’s, Tecumseh’s or LaSalle’s drinking water systems until at least 2021. Garry Rossi, vice-president of water operations with Enwin said the delay is a result of a recommendation made […]

Kingston: Input Sought on Fluoridating Municipal Drinking Water

Residents have been invited by the City to help Council consider whether or not fluoride should be added to the municipal water supply. Kingston’s water does not have fluoride added to it currently and one of Council’s strategic priorities, falling under its goal to ‘foster healthy citizens and vibrant spaces‘, is to study the feasibility […]

City of Kingston ON seeks public input on fluoridating water supply

As part of its 2019-2022 strategic priorities, Kingston City Council is exploring the feasibility of adding fluoride to the municipal water supply, and looking for public input. According to Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) Public Health, 73.7 per cent of local households surveyed in 2009 and 2010 incorrectly thought that fluoride was added to […]

Canadian duo invent a toothpaste tablet to eliminate plastic tubes

Canadian entrepreneurs Mike Medicoff and Damien Vince have created a toothpaste that comes in the form of a tablet Change Toothpaste   In order to combat the hundreds of millions of empty toothpaste tubes that are destined for landfill across the world each year, Canadian entrepreneurs Mike Medicoff and Damien Vince have created a toothpaste […]

Moose Jaw: No Fluoride, No Problem? Not According to Health Authorities

The Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant will receive a new fluoridation system if City Council approves a budget increase for the project worth $2.3 million. Moose Jaw residents have been without Saskatchewan Health Authority requirements for fluoridated water for “about a year” due to mechanical failures at the Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant. The City’s […]

LIVE TONIGHT: Moose Jaw. New Fluoridation System Coming in 2020

As part of the ongoing upgrades at the Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant, City Council is set to discuss the construction of a new Fluoridation System. As City Council continues with 2020 budget deliberations, it’s been recommended by the Department of Engineering Services to increase the 2020 capital budget for the new system to $2,300,000. […]

Ontario dental program to help about 20,000 seniors in Algoma region

SAULT STE. MARIE – A province-wide dental program for low-income seniors is expected to help about 20,000 in the Algoma region. “We’ve been receiving telephone calls from seniors for a number of years now requesting some type of service for dental and for their oral health, and so we’re really happy to see that finally […]