The controversial re-introduction of fluoride will be delayed 12 months while experts operate a miniature mock-up of the water system to test for possible increased lead levels. The risk of lead leaching is very low, according to a consultant hired by Windsor Utilities Commission. But the 12-month pipe loop study was urged out of an […]
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Re-introduction of fluoride in Windsor delayed due to lead study
WINDSOR — The re-introduction of fluoride into Windsor’s drinking water is expected to be delayed as more tests are conducted regarding lead levels. The Board of Commissioners of the Windsor Utilities Commission on Wednesday authorized the management team of Enwin Utilities Ltd. to conduct further tests prior to the reintroduction of fluoride into Windsor’s water […]
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 […]
Canadian Mother-Offspring IQ Study: New York Times.
Note from the Fluoride Action Network, At last the New York Times has ran something on a fluoride study, however fleeting. In the article below the author writes, “One study is just one study” as if the JAMA Pediatrics study she cites by Green et al., published in August 2019, titled Association Between Maternal Fluoride […]
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: Fluoridation – Approved By Six Out Of Seven On Council
It was a debate based upon science steeped in the need to find the funds on how to pay for it but in the end Council decided to spend $1.2 million to upgrade its fluoridation system at the Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant leaving it up to Adminnistration to make recommendations on where to find […]
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 […]
Moose Jaw Medical Officer: Response to concerns about effects of fluoride in drinking water
Saskatchewan Health Authority Public Health Services 1000B Albert Street Moose Jaw, SK S6H 2Y2 T: 306-691-2307| F: 306-691-1539 Response to concerns about effects of fluoride in drinking water Good evening Mayor Tolmie and Council, My name is Dr Olanrewaju (‘Lanre) Medu. I am a Public Health Physician, one of the two Medical health officers […]