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Cornwall city council can’t brush off the fluoride additive issue any longer. Council is expected to decide whether to spend $250-$300,000 to upgrade water fluoridation equipment at the city’s water purification plant. The use of fluoride in municipal water systems has been a hot topic at city hall and other municipal councils for a number […]

CORNWALL, Ontario – City council will decide soon, perhaps once and for all, about the fluoridation of the Cornwall water system.Councillors will get a sneak peak at a report from the city’s environmental services department Monday night, which details a process to augment the safety policies and equipment at Cornwall’s treatment plant where dangerous chemicals […]

Education not fluoridation is the answer. That’s what Paul Connett believes. Connett is the founder of Fluoride Action Network, which seeks to broaden awareness about the toxicity of fluoride compounds. He passionately presented in his stance against fluoridation in drinking water during an information session hosted by Fluoride Free Peterborough at the Peterborough Public Library […]

A Provincial Health Indicator report shows that 56% of Ontario residents are in favour of fluoridating community water supplies, while only 23% opposed it.  More than 1,800 adults 18 years and older from Ontario households were surveyed in 2011, the last time this data was gathered by the Rapid Risk Factor Surveillance System (RRFSS).  RRFSS […]

Peterborough has fluoride in its public water supply and a local group has been working for more than a year to put an end to the practice Fluoride Free Peterborough is hosting a retired professor of environmental chemistry and toxicology on Wednesday (Aug. 13) to speak to community members about water fluoridation. Dr. Paul Connett, […]

It is now a waiting process regarding whether the plebiscite on fluoridation in Owen Sound will be addressed under the Municipal Elections Act or the Fluoridation Act. Owen Sound residents will have the opportunity to answer a question on flouridation during the October 27th civic election. This was decided by Council on March 17th, however […]

Joon Kim wanted to keep his one-year-old son Talen’s teeth healthy. He couldn’t find a cavity-fighting product that didn’t come with a “do not swallow” warning — and found mouth cleansers on the market without fluoride didn’t actually prevent tooth decay. So, he made one himself. Starinse is the product of McMaster Innovation Park, a partnership […]

Peel Region council has been told it could be legally liable for harming residents whose health is put at risk by fluoridated water. “Not only is the region responsible and liable to the people of Peel, individual councillors are responsible and liable,” said lawyer Nader Hasan, who is representing the group Concerned Residents of Peel. […]

For more than two months Cornwall water has been without fluoride, and it looks like it could be a couple of more weeks before the chemical is put back. Coun. Syd Gardiner let it slip, on purpose, during a city council meeting Monday night that the city stopped adding fluoride to the water early this […]