Dentists want to keep it in, but one group wants communities across Canada to keep fluoride out of the water we drink. A new group, Fluoride Free Canada, is expected to announce a new initiative to make sure fluoride is not added to drinking water in any Canadian community. Details of the announcement have been […]
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Anti-fluoridation group calls on Windsor to reverse plans to reinstitute additive
WINDSOR, ONT. — A new group, Fluoride Free Canada, is calling on municipalities like Windsor to stop the use or re-introduction of fluoride into public drinking water. “We do not have to swallow this one folks,” said Dr. Robert Dickson, a Calgary medical doctor and director of the new group, which is aiming to make […]
Windsor-Essex County Health Unit BOD’s statement on fluoridation
Community Water Fluoridation (CWF) Statement The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit’s Board of Directors recommends that the Province of Ontario amend the regulations of the Safe Drinking Water Act. The proposed amendment would require community water fluoridation for all municipal water systems, when source-water levels are below 0.7 mg/L, the Health Canada recommended level for optimal dental […]
Fluoride expected to return to Windsor water supply in the fall, health unit says: CBC News
Region’s top doctor says oral health has suffered without fluoride Fluoride is expected to be re-introduced to the water supply in November. (Ivanoh Demers/CBC) If all goes to plan, fluoridated water will be flowing from local taps this fall for the first time in years, according to the top public health doctor for Windsor and Essex County. Dr. […]
Fluoride reintroduced to Windsor water this November: CTV
WINDSOR, ONT. — The reintroduction of fluoride into Windsor’s water is expected this November. The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit receiving an updated report from Enwin Thursday on the progress. Dr. Wajid Ahmed says the report states a delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the meantime, addition studies and analysis need to be completed to […]
Fluoride to re-enter drinking water in November: Windsor Star
Fluoride will return to the Windsor area’s water system in roughly six months, the local health unit says. Although the decision to reintroduce the chemical was made in 2018, a 12-month pipe loop study to test for possible increases in lead levels by Windsor Utilities Commission — which has yet to finish — as well […]
Southwestern public health issues fluoride and sodium reminder for Oxford County
Southwestern public health issued their annual reminder on the levels of fluoride and sodium in water of certain areas of Oxford County. The region’s health unit issued its annual reminder about the potential risks concerning fluoride and sodium levels in the water in certain areas of Oxford County. The release from Southwestern public health noted […]
Health Advisory for high water fluoride levels in Brownsville, Ingersoll, Lakeside, Oxford South
Southwestern Public Health Oxford – Elgin – St. Thomas Elgin St. Thomas Site Administrative Office 1230 Talbot Street St. Thomas, ON NSP 1G9 Woodstock Site 410 Buller Street Woodstock, ON N4S 4N2 December 7, 2020 Health Advisory Fluoride in drinking water in Oxford County ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH UPDATE FOR RESIDENTS, HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS […]
York professor responds to public letter criticising research of prenatal exposure to fluoride
Christine Till, professor in the Faculty of Health, was embroiled in controversy when a letter signed by an international group of fluoridation experts was sent to York on September 21. The group demanded that Till’s research on prenatal exposure to fluoride be evaluated and reviewed by an international committee, as they claim her studies are […]
Canadian behind controversial fluoride research spoke to conference featuring anti-vaxxers, COVID conspiracists
Christine Till said she didn’t learn who else was presenting until organizers sent her an agenda two weeks before the event As she battles critics of her research linking fluoridated water and lower child IQ, Christine Till won some powerful validation this month. The U.S. National Toxicology Program (NTP) commented favourably on the York University […]