Windsor will seek approval from LaSalle and Tecumseh to put fluoride back in water supply Windsor will now formally seek approval from the other municipalities that share its water supply. (Colleen Connors/CBC) Fluoride has been approved to go back into Windsor’s water. Again. As a procedural step in the process, city council unanimously passed a […]
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Windsor council sticks with decision to reintroduce fluoride in drinking water
Windsor’s council unanimously backed putting fluoride back into the city’s drinking water Monday night by introducing a new bylaw, which was largely a procedural step. But it didn’t stop many residents from making a last ditch effort to stop water fluoridation. “I urge you to be forward thinking and to consider the gravity of passing […]
Why this Ontario town is divided over fluoridation
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Fluoride debate travels upstream to provincial stage
Alberta Party leader Stephen Mandel during his media availability in Calgary March 22, 2019 at the Glenmore Water Treatment Plant. Mandel announced how an Alberta Party government would support children’s dental health by adding coverage under the Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan and requiring fluoridation of municipal drinking water. Al Charest / Postmedia Al Charest/Postmedia […]
Alberta Party makes pushing for fluoride in water part of its platform
CALGARY—Alberta Party Leader Stephen Mandel waded into a long-running public health debate in Calgary on Friday by promising to push for water fluoridation if he becomes premier. Mandel said if his party forms government in the spring election, it would work with municipalities that have a population above 10,000 people to help them find ways […]
As other cities reconsider fluoride bans, RMWB has no plans to resume fluoridation
RMWB = Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo When Tod Beaulne treats children at his dental office in downtown Fort McMurray, the teeth are pretty good indicators of where they were born. After the municipality removed fluoride from the water system in 2007, Beaulne – who is a dentist at Graystone Dental – said he has […]
Jarvis: The fluoride debate: ‘I know what I saw’
Rotten teeth, teeth with holes, green teeth, inflamed gums, bleeding gums, abscesses — retired dental hygienist Helen DiMenna spent 33 years peering into people’s mouths. It was scary. “Ever had an abscessed tooth?” she asked. “There’s no place for it to drain. The pressure — you want to jump off the Ambassador Bridge.” Children whose […]
Windsor. Jarvis: The fluoride debate: ‘I know what I saw’
Rotten teeth, teeth with holes, green teeth, inflamed gums, bleeding gums, abscesses — retired dental hygienist Helen DiMenna spent 33 years peering into people’s mouths. It was scary. “Ever had an abscessed tooth?” she asked. “There’s no place for it to drain. The pressure — you want to jump off the Ambassador Bridge.” Children whose […]
Ontario: Trucking Company Fined $250,000 over hazmat incident
Titanium Trucking Services Inc., headquartered in Ontario, was recently convicted of one violation under the Ontario Environmental Protection Act and was fined $250,000 plus a victim fine surcharge of $62,500 and was given 24 months to pay the fine. The fine was the result of a hazmat incident in which a fluorosilicic acid spilled from […]
Calgary city council commissions study to decide if fluoride should be reintroduced to water
Posted February 25, 2019 11:17 pm Updated February 26, 2019 5:28 pm WATCH: Nearly a decade ago, fluoride was removed from Calgary’s drinking water supply. Now, city council is bringing the debate over fluoride back to the forefront, agreeing to study the most up-to-date research. Blake Lough reports – Feb 26, 2019 The debate over […]