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Ward 10 Coun. Fern Cormier asked city staff Tuesday for all the information the city has about putting fluoride in the city’s drinking water system. Cormier made the request Tuesday as councillors were reviewing the annual report on the state of the city’s water system. He said it’s an issue he and his colleagues are […]

Peel water fluoridation opponents are pointing to the extensive environmental cleanup needed this week, after a Highway 401 pileup, to illustrate the serious health risks associated with the local water treatment practice. The multi-vehicle collision in the westbound lanes of Highway 401 in Leeds and the Thousands Township occurred at about 2 p.m. on March […]

Dear Editor — Last night a horrendous crash left death and injuries. This hazardous material unit emergency resulted in closure and evacuation on Hwy 401 near Kingston. Could Muskoka be next? The toxic material spilled on the highway has been identified as fluorosilicic acid, a.k.a. fluoride, which is the same raw industrial co-contaminated chemical transported […]

A multi-vehicle crash on Hwy 401 east of Kingston left one dead and led to a chemical spill, forcing evacuation of the area and nearby homes. The accident happened around 2 p.m. March 14 near Gananoque close to the exit to the Thousand Islands. One of the tractor trailers involved spilled a deadly chemical, fluorosilicic […]

Province asked to check toxicity Peel will continue fluoridation of the region’s drinking water system. In a decision one anti-fluoride activist called criminal, Peel council members unanimously voted to continue the long-standing practice of adding fluoride to the municipal water supply ­— albeit at a slightly lower concentration. At a March 9 meeting, councillors endorsed […]

BRANTFORD – With a new $200,000 fluoridation system being considered in Brantford, maybe it’s time to rethink the whole fluoridation thing in the first place. The practice of adding fluoride to city water supplies is on the decline and has been eliminated in dozens of countries around the world and municipalities in Ontario. These countries […]

Peel Public Health has recommended the region continue adding fluoride to the community’s drinking water system. For the last year now, councillors on Peel Region’s Community Water Fluoridation Committee have been conducting a review of the decades-old practice promoted as an effective oral health measure. The local health unit and Medical Officer of Health submitted […]

City councillors want to discuss behind closed doors the ballooning budget for construction of a liquid fluoridation system at the Holmedale water treatment plant. Council’s operations and administrations committee voted this week to support a motion from Coun. Dan McCreary to defer to an in-camera meeting further discussion on a staff request for an additional […]