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Fluoridation is still 12 to 18 months away and dependent on approval from at least one of the two towns that get their water from Windsor. On the heels of Monday night’s marathon city council session when council approved reintroducing fluoride to the water system after a five-year ban, comes news that it’s not a […]

After a five-year moratorium, Windsor will be seeing fluoride in the water again. City council voted 8-3 in favour of the reintroduction of fluoride. Back in 2013, council voted 8-3 to take it out after more than 50 years of water fluoridation. The issue was a controversial one with 16 delegates lined up to speak, […]

Council voted 8-3 to end fluoridation five years ago It’s been five years that Windsorites have lived without fluoride in their water. Now, council is headed back to city hall to debate whether they should put it back in. The issue is expected to be a controversial one with 16 delegates lined up to speak, […]

If an informal poll is any indication, Windsor city council will vote tonight to reintroduce fluoride into the drinking water supply. BlackburnNews.com called or emailed all ten councillors Monday to find out what direction they are leaning; reintroduce fluoride five years after the council voted to remove it, or put it back in. Six responded […]

Windsor’s newly elected council will grapple on Monday night with the contentious and emotional issue of fluoridating the municipal water supply. It’s the new council’s first substantive meeting after a ceremonial swearing-in on Dec. 3. The fluoridation debate is rearing its head again after a deferral in the spring headed off a long list of […]

Sir: Re: Juliet Guichon’s letter of Oct. 25, “Guest column was false and harmful to public health.” Since I am the only person I know of in the bottled water business who is vocal in opposition to fluoridation, I am likely who Ms. Guichon is referring to in claiming: “people who own water bottling companies” […]

Sir: In her Oct. 25 letter, “Guest column was false and harmful to public health,” Assistant Professor Juliet Guichon misrepresented, mischaracterized and maligned the science-based Fluoride Action Network (FAN). Now in its 18th year, FAN is the largest non-profit in the U.S. broadening awareness about the toxicity of fluoride. Readers can look at FAN’s website […]

Around Nov. 7, the city is adding another chemical besides chloride and fluoride to your drinking water. It’s orthophosphate, and its purpose is to adhere to pipes as a protective coating your drinking water passes over on its way to your home tap. But some of it will end up in your glass of water. […]