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Moncton residents will tell city councillors what they believe should happen in the debate over water fluoridation tomorrow night. Councillor Kathryn Barnes says that 31 groups or individuals have registered for the meeting, to held at city hall from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. tomorrow. “It will be a chance for us to listen to […]

The City of Moncton wants to know what you think of fluoride in your drinking water The city reminds residents that Friday is the last day to register for a public meeting to discuss whether the city should continue to fluoridate its water supply. And if early indications of interest in the subject – judging […]

The recent column by Rod Allen comparing anti-fluoride groups to paranoid communists is a classic case of literary narcissism – he appears to be so in love with his own “clever” writing that he didn’t even bother to check the facts on the fluoride debate. A growing chorus of reputable science is showing that fluoridation […]

Moncton residents will have a chance to tell the city whether they want to continue getting fluoride in their water. Local residents have been reaching out to Moncton city councillors, writing letters to the Times & Transcript and have been setting up websites and social media groups about their position on water fluoridation. This is […]

Residents will soon be able to settle the recent fluoride debate at the next municipal election. On Monday, Fort St. John City Council passed a bylaw to allow the question of whether residents would like to continue having fluoride added to the City’s water supply. One Fort St. John resident approached the City in 2009, […]

SAINT JOHN – Residents who live west of the Reversing Falls bridge will not have fluoride in their tap water for the next four to six months, a city official says. Major work at the Spruce Lake watershed means construction workers will need to cut into fluoride lines, said Nicole Taylor, Saint John Water’s operations […]

Some Moncton dentists are speaking out against a campaign to remove fluoride from drinking water in the southeastern New Brunswick city. A group of residents called Fluoride Free Moncton says there’s a risk of getting too much fluoride, and people should have a choice to have it in their local water supply. But local dentists […]

Saying, “fluoride is a toxic waste that probably does more harm than good,” Moncton Councillor-at-large Pierre Boudreau called on city staff this week to report back at the next public meeting of council on the amount of fluoridation done to the city’s municipal water supply. The answer to that question, says Ensor Nicholson, the city’s […]

A shortage of fluoride has forced many communities in North America to stop adding the cavity-fighting substance to their water, but the supply should be improved by spring, says an American distributor. Moncton stopped adding fluoride to its municipal water system in September, one of the many communities across Canada and the U.S. dealing with […]