Recently grabbing a tube of toothpaste for his young kids off a store shelf, Mayor Eddie Francis said the product label read: “Fluoride-free – safe to swallow.” For the past six decades, Windsor has been adding fluoride to the municipal water supply in order for people to gulp it down with each drink poured from […]
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Windsor: Fluoride fireworks forecast for special council meeting
Recently grabbing a tube of toothpaste for his young kids off a store shelf, Mayor Eddie Francis said the product label read: “Fluoride-free — safe to swallow.” For the past six decades, Windsor has been adding fluoride to the municipal water supply in order for people to gulp it down with each drink poured from […]
Bécancour puts an end to the fluoridation of water
English translation of newspaper report: The Town of Bécancour decided to put an end to its participation in the programme of fluoridation of drinking water. The decision was announced publicly during the last public meeting of December and reiterated by the Mayor Gaétane Désilets, Monday, during the public meeting of January of the town council. […]
Dental care access too unequal, say pediatricians
Canadian children need better access to dental care regardless of where they live or their family’s income, say pediatricians concerned about tooth decay. Children with rotting baby teeth or “early childhood caries” can suffer poor growth, behavioural problems, poor learning, and sleep loss, the Canadian Pediatric Society said in a report Friday. The problem often […]
Do Cornwall Ontario Kids drink water laced with lead asks Harry Valentine?
A few weeks ago, 2-doctors appeared before Cornwall City Council urging that the city continue to fluoridate the municipal water. The fluoridation compound is hydrofluorosilicic acid (H2SiF6) that is a by-product from fertilizer manufacturing plants. It includes a breakdown product known as orthosilicic acid that is known to leach lead from water pipes in older buildings, […]
Prince Albert: Fluoride, attendance and more taken on by council
City council ran the gambit of discussion during Monday’s executive committee meeting. In addition to tentatively agreeing that voluntary snow removal is the way to go and that a handful of committees they deem as redundant will be dissolved, as reported in Tuesday’s Daily Herald, council discussed the following items. Since Monday’s meeting was an […]
Fluorspar: An Investment Opportunity?
Fluorspar is an industrial mineral that is composed of calcium fluoride (CaF2), which is made up of 51.1 percent calcium and 48.9 percent fluorine. Fluorspar takes its name from the Latin word “fluo” — which means “flow” — as it lowers the melting point of metal ore and and helps it flow more easily. Fluorspar […]
Lethbridge: Brushing up on fluoride
If a local group has its way, the fluoridation of Lethbridge water could be discontinued. But it won’t happen overnight says Mark Benson with Fluoride Free Lethbridge, a group of concerned citizens calling for an end to forced fluoridation of local water supplies. “Our main goal right now is not so much to get it […]
Estevan City Council awards fluoride contract
Excerpt from Council Notes *Several chemical tenders for the water treatment plant were award. Border Chemical was awarded the aluminum sulphate tender for $63,210. Clear Tech was awarded the chlorine tender for $16,666.16, the potassium permanganate tender for $16,509 and the fluoride contract for $10,759.70. Brenntag Canada received the ammonium sulphate tender for $8,242.50 and […]
Okotoks poised to stop adding fluoride to water
The Town of Okotoks will stop adding fluoride to its drinking water supply Thursday, after receiving approval from the provincial government Dec. 13. In May, town council voted six to one in favour of repealing the existing fluoridation bylaw and removing fluoride from drinking water. Coun. Matt Rockley said the town engaged both residents and […]