Cranbrook is taking a second look at the fluoride it adds to the water system after a group appealed to council Monday night. Brian Kostiuk and Brad Brehm presented to city council on September 10 their concerns about fluoride in Cranbrook’s drinking water. “What we are questioning here today is the effectiveness of adding fluoride […]
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To fluoridate or not: Red Deer city council to decide whether to keep it in water
City council in Red Deer, Alta., will decide next month whether to reduce, increase or eliminate fluoride in drinking water. Or it may allow residents decide the issue in a plebiscite next year. Earlier this week, the two sides of the fluoridated water debate was argued before city council decides on Oct. 29. James Beck, […]
Cornwall: Group demands fluoride be flushed from water
A group protesting fluoride in municipal water took their campaign to city hall on Monday. Paul Brisebois, of Fluoride Free Cornwall, presented their case against the chemical, suggesting the city should follow the example of dozens of other municipalities that have stopped using fluoride in their water. “Members of council are free to remove it […]
Hamilton: Federal government “avoiding” PFOS issue
Hamilton politicians say the federal government is deliberating avoiding cleaning up the toxic contaminates at the John C. Munro International Airport, and leaving it to the municipality to take responsibility. “They are simply avoiding it,” said Stoney Creek councillor Brad Clark. “It looks like political subterfuge. They are pretty much blowing us off.” Local environmentalist […]
Cornwall: Group wants fluoride removed from drinking water
City councillors got a mouthful from a local group which wants to see Cornwall ban the use of fluoride in our drinking water. Fluoride Free Cornwall made its pitch to city councillors because the group’s members say the addition of fluoride to drinking water poses a health risk. While councillors were keeping their cards pretty […]
Case proceeds against the Ontario Dental Association
The case is proceeding against the Ontario Dental Association and two former presidents of the organization accused of contravening the Ontario Municipal Elections Act during the run up to the fluoridation referendum in 2010. Justice Arthur Child ruled last week against a motion to dismiss the case, and it is set to go to trial […]
Hamilton, Ontario: Another PFOS polluted site at airport?
The province is reviewing the history of another potentially polluted firefighting training area at Hamilton’s airport. Airport operator Tradeport is already testing for historic perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) contamination at an old firefighting training site near the southwest corner of the city-owned facility. A report on the extent of the pollution, which has been found in […]
Hamilton: Documents show widespread PFOS pollution
The toxic firefighting chemical polluting Hamilton’s airport has been found at more than 30 airports and military sites across Canada, according to a federal petition response. Documents provided in a response to a petition filed with the auditor general’s office by local biologist Joe Minor also say Transport Canada is still deciding whether it will […]
London: Coun. Stephen Orser wants fluoridation on ballot in 2014
Want a direct say on more property tax freezes in London? Coun. Stephen Orser has a plan to let voters do just that. The east-end councillor wants a plebiscite added to the next municipal ballot in 2014 that asks three questions to provide “direct democracy” and guide politicians. Orser will ask city council’s finance and […]
Prince Albert: Local dentists support water fluoridation
With the city’s water fluoridation program offline since 2010, a local anti-fluoride advocate is saying “good riddance.” “I’m relieved, because I wouldn’t consider drinking the water otherwise, because you can’t even get it out with a Brita filter,” Maureen Logue said. “It violates sound medical ethics and denies freedom of choice.” The city’s water fluoridation […]