There won’t be added fluoride in Windsor’s drinking water in the near future. Windsor city council voted to have fluoride removed after a six hour special meeting Monday night. “People expect to be able to drink their water without any consequence,” says Mayor Eddie Francis. The Windsor Utilities Commission recommended the city take it out […]
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Fluoride no longer to be added to Windsor water
Windsor’s water will no longer have fluoride added to it. Council made that decision late Monday last night after a marathon meeting to deal with this issue at a special meeting. Approximately 30 delegations addressed council at a meeting that lasted six hours. The advice from multiple dentists and doctors, including the President of the […]
Windsor votes to remove fluoride from drinking water
Windsor on Monday joined the growing number of municipalities which have voted to end the decades-old practice of adding fluoride to the water supply in the fight against tooth decay. “A lot has changed in the last 60 years … fluoride is not the be-all and end-all to prevent tooth decay,” said Mayor Eddie Francis, […]
4 Oxford County communities have elevated fluoride levels in drinking water
Local water is safe to drink, but the county has issued a reminder that certain segments of the population may want to think twice about pouring themselves a glass of H2O from the tap. Fluoride levels in four Oxford County communities were documented to be above the province’s Maximum Acceptable Concentration (MAC) of 1.5 mg/L, […]
Windsor: Doctors challenge anti-fluoride lobby
The incidence of rotten teeth is 24-per-cent higher in Kingsville and Leamington – where tap water is fluoride-free – than in Windsor, where municipal water has been fluoridated for decades, health authorities told reporters Friday. “We want council to vote to keep the fluoride in our water supply,” said Dr. Frank Charles, a local dentist […]
Windsor: Health unit fights anti-fluoride lobby
The incidence of rotten teeth is 24-per-cent higher in Kingsville and Leamington — where tap water is fluoride-free — than in Windsor, where municipal water has been fluoridated for decades, health authorities told reporters Friday. “We want council to vote to keep the fluoride in our water supply,” said Dr. Frank Charles, a local dentist […]
Windsor fluoride debate comes down to vote Monday
The Windsor Utilities Commission recommends fluoride be removed from the city’s drinking water. Windsor council is to decide whether to do so on Monday. The recommendation also states, however, that, “savings from this action be redirected to oral health and nutrition education in Windsor and Essex County for a period of five years.” Windsor spends […]
Windsor Star Editorial. Flouride debate: Making the right decision
Expect a long and heated debate Monday night when city council meets to discuss whether to continue fluoridating Windsor’s water supply. On one side will be grassroots groups urging council to stop a practice that has been credited with reducing tooth decay for more than 60 years. On the other will be dentists and health […]
Windsor. Jarvis: ‘Even with these doubts, you keep giving this stuff to people?’
Why would a city pay to force its residents to ingest nocuous industrial waste for no reason? That’s what the reams of documents on fluoridating water, the conflicting claims and counter-claims threatening to bury city council, boil down to. I was horrified to find out where the fluoride added to our drinking water comes from: […]
Fairview: Broken pipes, seized pumps, what next?
The recent broken pipe was not the only problem the water treatment plant had to deal with last week. Seized river pumps and problematic balance valves contributed to their headaches. Director of Public Works Garry Leathem reported to council on the recent water break. He explained the water treatment plant had been down for 12 […]