It looks like fluoride won’t be in Essex County’s drinking water anytime soon. The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit presented an oral health report at county council Wednesday night saying that local oral health is declining because fluoride is missing from the water system. However, Essex County Warden Tom Bain says fluoride is not under the […]
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Windsor-Essex County: Health unit calls on county municipalities to fluoridate water
Five years after the City of Windsor ended 60 years of fluoridating its municipal drinking water, a new report by the Windsor and Essex County Health Unit describes a disturbing increase in cavities and other oral health problems among local children. “The report is deeply concerning to us,” the health unit’s acting medical officer of […]
Owen Sound: Fluoride question to be left off ballot
A request to have a question regarding fluoride in Owen Sound’s drinking water on the municipal election ballot has been denied. The city announced Friday that a petition requesting that the ballot for the 2018 municipal election include a question about the removal of fluoride from the city’s drinking water did not meet a requirement […]
Fluoride debate put on hold in Windsor
Debate at Windsor city hall on whether to put fluoride back in the city’s water has been referred back to administration. Doctors, dentists and residents both for and against the re-fluoridation of the drinking water were lined up as delegates for Monday’s council meeting. But the debate will wait for another day. Councillor Fred Francis […]
Essex County dentists want fluoride back in drinking water
Essex County dentists are echoing the call by the health unit to have fluoride returned to drinking water. The vice president of the Essex County Dental Society is calling on local politicians to put fluoride in the local water supply. Mark Parete says his members back up findings in a report from the Windsor Essex […]
Windsor’s mayor says province should determine to fluoridate or not
The great fluoride debate is back and set to go to council in the coming weeks Windsor’s mayor and a city councillor are defending the decision to remove fluoride from the city’s drinking water. Drew Dilkens was one of those who voted in favour of this five years ago, when he was still a city councillor. The […]
Windsor: To drink or not to drink? Fluoride debate set to hit council, again
In 2013, city council decided to stop adding fluoride to the water supply It appears the fluoride debate will be waged again in Windsor. Five years ago, city council decided to stop adding fluoride to the water supply. But now, the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit has presented data showing a surge in dental problems for children […]
The correlation between water contaminants and pediatric diabetes
Researchers in the Faculty of Medicine have linked water contaminants to type 1 diabetes in children. More specifically, they’ve found a correlation between higher concentrations of arsenic and fluoride in public drinking water in the province and the disease. Newfoundland and Labrador has the second highest incidence rate of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) in the world after […]
Chatham-Kent: Study could examine fluoridation impact
Laura Zettler, an epidemiologist with the Chatham-Kent Public Health Unit, makes a presentation to the Chatham-Kent Board of Health in this October 2017 file photo. (File photo/Postmedia Network) The oral health of kindergarten and Grade 2 students in Chatham-Kent has mostly been stable for the last few years, according to a recent survey, but further […]
Windsor-Essex: Health Unit’s oral healthcare plan calls for return of fluoridation
The rising number of local oral healthcare issues including cavities has prompted the Windsor-Essex Health Unit board to unanimously approve a four-point plan that includes reintroducing fluoride into Windsor’s drinking water. The city opted to remove fluoride from its drinking water in 2013 with the proviso of revisiting the issue after five years. The decision […]