Community water fluoridation is a topic that often creates passionate discussion, including two recent Calgary Herald opinion articles: “Council erred with elimination of fluoridation,” on Jan. 22, 2019, and Calgarians are better off without toxic fluoridation on Jan. 26, 2019. We welcome the opportunity for conversations about improving the oral health of Calgarians and Albertans, […]
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Jarvis: Another potential game changer in the fluoride debate
Adding fluoride to drinking water for more than 270,000 people in Windsor, LaSalle and Tecumseh could hinge in part on 50 households and businesses in Lakeshore. In a potential game changer in the contentious debate over the chemical, Lakeshore, which gets some of its water from Windsor via Tecumseh, wants to vote on whether the […]
London: City staff to examine lowering water fluoridation by 0.1 part
City staff will take a look at slightly reducing the amount of fluoride in London’s water supply, as suggested by Ward 2 Coun. Shawn Lewis in Tuesday’s civic works committee meeting. His motion, which will investigate reducing the levels of fluoride from 0.7 parts per million — the recommendation by Health Canada — to 0.6 […]
London: Van Holst’s Cosby analogy slammed as ‘inappropriate’
A women’s advocate and political expert are slamming a London city politician’s comparison of a longtime public health practice to convicted sexual offender Bill Cosby, calling his comments “inappropriate” and “irresponsible.” Coun. Michael van Holst made reference to Cosby — who was sentenced to prison last year after being found guilty of aggravated indecent assault […]
City of London to study lowering fluoridation level
Politicians on the civic works committee recommended staff report back on lowering the rate of water fluoridation in the city’s water supply after a lengthy series of presentations about the benefits and perceived dangers of the practice, a debate that re-emerges often in council chambers when anti-fluoridation Londoners raise their voices. But this time, Coun. […]
London: Mackie to defend fluoridation at civic works committee
London’s chief medical officer says cities that have cancelled fluoride have seen more cavities London’s medical officer of health will make a case this afternoon for continuing the use of fluoride in London drinking water, saying there’s no proof it causes disease while citing evidence that it prevents cavities. Dr. Chris Mackie, who also heads […]
City of London councillor compares fluoridation to Bill Cosby
London’s chief health officer makes case for continued fluoridation of the city’s drinking water [The first part of the article reported on local transit projects] Mackie makes case for fluoridation Civic works also had to wade into what is always a thorny issue for municipal governments: fluoridation of the water supply. The previous council was […]
Pro-fluoride movement may be coming back to Waterloo Region
Former Waterloo Mayor Brenda Halloran said the pro-fluoride movement has come back. She tells the Mike Farwell show on 570 NEWS, that council should re-open the debate on whether to add fluoride to the community water supply. “People are starting to see that we are seeing an increase in cavities or as adults, we are […]
Could London see a return of the fluoride debate?
A long-standing public health debate is back on tap at city hall. Pam Killeen opposes the fluoridation of London’s drinking water and will push for city hall to discontinue the practice next week. “It’s not ethical. You are mass medicating a population,” she says. More than a dozen people have registered to speak at the […]
Middlesex-London Health Unit: Medical officer submission to Citry Council of London.
Read the pdf of this submission which contains a graphic that is not included below To: Chair and Members of the Civic Works Committee From: Christopher Mackie, MD, MHSc, CCFP, FRCPC, Medical Officer of Health and Chief Executive Officer Subject: Water Fluoridation Date: February 5, 2019 Recommendation As the Medical Officer of Health for London […]