A Sarnia resident is asking city council to push harder to get fluoride removed from municipal drinking water. “Your body doesn’t need fluoride, there’s no metabolic process in your body that requires fluoride, and the only reason you put fluoride in your body is in hopes that you’re saving cavities,” says Rod Gowrie, who believes […]
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York professor leads study that could help answer fluoride safety questions
A $300,000 grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH) will allow York University to lead the largest study to date that investigates whether early life exposure to low level fluoride affects the developing brain. Faculty of Health Professor Christine Till, principal investigator of the study, will use the funding to determine if prenatal and […]
Fluoride foes protest after staff tell Peel that water treatment is safe
Peel’s Medical Officer of Health told a committee reviewing the use of fluoride in the region’s drinking water that there is no “quality” or “relevant” research to suggest the longtime practice poses a health risk when Health Canada standards are followed. Dr. Eileen de Villa spoke to the region’s Community Water Fluoridation Committee Nov. 24 […]
Sarnia: Fluoride debate revived
City council has asked Lambton’s medical officer of health to review a citizen’s request to remove fluoride from local drinking water. Rod Gowrie said the fluoride added at the Lambton Area Water Supply System is industrial waste that also contains lead, arsenic, mercury and other harmful substances, leaving the municipality vulnerable to law suits. Sarnia […]
Trois-Rivières: The City Does An About-Face On Fluoridation
Mayor Yves Lévesque will announce on Monday evening, at the regular council meeting, that the city is abandoning the idea of fluoridating its drinking water. According to two learned sources familiar with the matter, the mayor will announce it tonight, even if the item does not appear on the agenda. Some elements remain to be […]
Le maire de Trois-Rivières abandonne le projet de fluoration de l’eau potable
La Ville de Trois-Rivières abandonne le projet de fluoration de son eau potable. Le maire Yves Lévesque en a fait l’annonce lundi. La décision de la municipalité de fluorer l’eau potable avait déclenché toute une controverse. Yves Lévesque estime que le ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux, ainsi que les responsables de la […]
Sarnia: Water Fluoridation Plebiscite Possible
Sarnia voters could be voting on water fluoridation come the next municipal election. Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley says he’s planning to bring a motion forward to council calling for the city to hold a plebiscite on the contentious issue. The move comes after the issue of water fluoridation returned to council chambers Monday night. Sarnia […]
Fluoride debate not expected in Sault
A symbolic resolution passed by the Ontario government is giving notice to municipalities that it does not support removing fluoride from tap water. The legislation, which was recently passed with the support of all parties, is not considered binding but designed to encourage and educate Ontarians about the health benefits of fluoride in tap water. […]
Province warns cities against removing fluoride from water
The province has put municipalities on notice that it doesn’t support any move to remove fluoride from tap water. While a resolution — recently passed in the legislature with the support of all parties — is not binding, it doesn’t mean the vote has no teeth. “I wanted this to be a much sharper resolution, […]
Mississauga MPP Delaney wades into Peel water fluoridation debate
Mississauga-Streetsville MPP Bob Delaney waded into the local water fluoridation debate last week when he introduced a Queen’s Park motion that revealed wide political support for making the longtime drinking water treatment mandatory in all Ontario communities. Delaney moved a private member’s notice of motion requesting support for the position that all Ontario communities have […]