It’s staying in. On Tuesday night town council voted unanimously to keep adding fluoride to the town’s water supply. In a lengthy deputation to council, North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit medical officer of health Dr. Jim Chirico gave council a list of facts, refuting the town’s proposed move towards halting the addition of […]
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Order of Dentists urges fluoridation
The Quebec Order of Dentists is blasting the provincial government for not advancing the cause of fluoridation of drinking water. Just five communities in Quebec add the compound to their municipal water supplies. In an editiorial in the Order’s publication, president Dr. Barry Dolman says Quebecers are being swayed by non-credible groups which spread unfounded […]
Water fluoridation for Fairview to go to plebiscite
Town of Fairview council listened carefully to two presentations about fluoridation at their May 19 meeting and decided not to proceed with a bylaw repealing the bylaw authorizing the addition of fluoride to water – for now. Instead, the town will take the question to plebiscite in the fall, when most people have returned from […]
Letter: No fluoride benefit
The article on dental health which appeared on April 21, submitted by the Alberta Dental Association and College (ADA) was misleading on the matters of safety and effectiveness of water fluoridation (“Use fluoride to prevent cavities”). Science is not a popularity contest, but the number of supporting organizations has diminished in recent years and there […]
Kingsville Votes Against Fluoride
The Town of Kingsville has joined the growing number of municipalities against fluoridating its water as the province considers making it mandatory. Kingsville Council passed a motion Monday night reaffirming its stance saying it will continue to be fluoride free. Former deputy mayor and Kingsville resident Tamara Stomp asked council for its support because she […]
Lakeshore Doesn’t Want Fluoride
Lakeshore council is worried the province is going to force them to put fluoride in the town water. Mayor Tom Bain says the majority of the town has never had it in their water, and they don’t want to add it now. “We’re going to send a letter off to the provincial government that we […]
Letter: Poisoning water with fluoride should not be mandated by province
Re: MPP Bob Delaney’s petition to mandate artificial water fluoridation across Ontario. The 2002 Safe Drinking Water Act states “Dilution is no excuse for adding a contaminant to drinking water.” For decades, numerous Ontario municipalities have used hydrofluorsilicic acid to artificially fluoridate drinking water. HFSA is classified by the Canadian Environmental Protection Act as synthetic, […]
Fairview: Bylaw to cut fluoride gets first reading 2
Discussion of ceasing fluoridation of the town water supply has returned and it looks as though council is giving it serious consideration. At their April 7 meeting, Council discussed a bylaw to repeal the bylaw giving the town authorization to fluoridate the water. Director of legislative services Monika Ralston said this was being brought forward […]
Blind River: Health Unit: ‘At no point was anybody at risk. Except…’
Residents of Blind River recently went 98 days without municipally mandated fluoride in their drinking water, members of the Algoma Public Health board learned Wednesday night. Whenever fluoride concentrations fall below 0.6 parts per million in a fluoridated municipal water supply, the provincial government requires medical officers of health to provide a report to their […]
Prince George: Fluoride lawsuit against city withdrawn
A lawsuit challenging the city’s practice of fluoridating the water supply has been withdrawn. Kevin Millership, a Kootenay resident who first launched the action in March 2014, said Tuesday that he has signed a consent dismissal order and has mailed it to the city’s lawyer. Millership said the order dismisses his claim against the city […]