Saint John will no longer add fluoride to the city’s water. Despite the urging of dentists and doctors at Monday’s meeting of city council, the majority of councillors decided the treatment was not a worthwhile expense and voted to stop the practice. For Coun. Ray Strowbridge, the decision came down to dollars and cents. “The business […]
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Lawsuit filed over fluoridation
A class action lawsuit has been filed against the City of Prince George, seeking damages on behalf of those who suffer from a degenerative dental disease allegedly caused by drinking the city’s fluoridated water. A notice of civil claim was filed Tuesday by Kevin Millership, a Slocan resident who brought a lawsuit against the City […]
Busy Agenda in Owen Sound
It will be a busy Owen Sound council session on Monday evening. There are three big issues on the agenda. Owen Sound’s Operation’s Advisory Committee is recommending the City allow residents to vote on the issue of fluoridated drinking water. Committee Chair, Bill Twaddle, says concerns haven’t been raised in roughly 17 years, and with […]
Lethbridge: Poll shows residents support fluoridation
It’s been a contentious issue in some communities. But the merits of fluoridating city water hadn’t been debated vigorously in Lethbridge. But when local residents were being prompted to look into it, a new poll reports, they likely became more supportive. A small majority – 53.7 per cent – now wants Lethbridge to continue adding […]
Chatham. PoV: What else do we want in our water?
The use of fluoride in public water systems has provided improved dental health to the people who draw their water from those systems. That much has been proven by study, and there is general agreement among those who are physicians and dentists and others in the health community that the use of fluoride is good […]
Owen Sound: Recommendation for Fluoride Vote
Owen Sound’s Operation’s Advisory Committee is recommending the City allow residents to vote on the issue of fluoridated public drinking water. Councillor Jim McManaman, the Committee’s vice-chair, tells Bayshore Broadcasting News “there’s lots of pros and cons in the fluoridation debate.” City Council will approve or reject the recommendation at their March 3rd meeting. Owen […]
Chatham-Kent: Board of health head discusses fluoride
Chatham-Kent’s medical officer of health says the Ontario government should be making the decision to fluoridate public drinking water, rather than having that decision rest with local municipalities. Speaking at Wednesday’s meeting of the board of health, Dr. David Colby said fluoridation remains a “great triumph of public health” and that its use has helped […]
Alliston, Beeton, & Tottenham: Fluoride ballot question looms on horizon
While the list of candidates seeking municipal office in New Tecumseth has grown cold this month, a pending decision to deal with the proposed fluoride plebiscite asking residents whether they favour adding the chemical to the municipal water system in Alliston, Beeton, and Tottenham, faces two deadlines in April. The first comes April 17, which […]
University of Lethbridge fluorine research leader
The University of Lethbridge’s strength in fluorine chemistry was boosted this week with the launch of the Canadian Centre for Research in Advanced Fluorine Technologies (C-CRAFT). Michael Gerken, a professor in the chemistry and biochemistry department and a renowned fluorine chemist, has been named as the centre’s first director. “C-CRAFT is a centre that focuses […]
Port Hope: Cameco uranium conversion plant to stay closed until fix -regulator
Canada’s regulator for the nuclear industry said on Wednesday that it has asked Cameco Corp to idle its Port Hope uranium conversion plant, one of the western world’s few such facilities, after an unscheduled shutdown last week. The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission told Cameco not to return the Ontario facility to operation until the commission […]