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City of Thunder Bay’s Report on Water Fluoridation
City of Thunder Bay Department: Transportation & Works Division: Environment Date Prepared: July 3, 2009 Meeting Date: July 20, 2009 Subject: Water Fluoridation Report No. 2009.123 RECOMMENDATION With respect to Report No. 2009.123 (Environment), we recommend that City Council direct Administration to retain professional services to pilot study the addition of fluoride to the City’s […]
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Thunder Bay: Water Fluoridation Faces Challenges Tonight
Mayor Lynn Peterson has made no bones about where she stands on the issue of water fluoridation in Thunder Bay. “The Thunder Bay water supply is not fluoridated nor has any decision been made to do so however the Thunder Bay District Health Unit has mounted a campaign to have fluoride added to our water […]
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The Ontario Dental Association supports water fluoridation in Thunder Bay
THUNDER BAY, ON, July 20 /CNW/ – The Ontario Dental Association (ODA) encourages members of Thunder Bay City Council to improve the health of their citizens by voting in support of the implementation of water fluoridation for their community. In a press conference this afternoon, Dr. Ira Kirshen, ODA President, urged both citizens and politicians […]
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The Ontario Dental Association supports water fluoridation in Thunder Bay
What: ODA President Dr. Ira Kirshen will hold a press conference at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre to discuss the importance, benefits and safety of adding fluoride to municipal water supplies. Why: In response to increasing rates of tooth decay in the region, in 2007 the Thunder Bay District Board of Health made […]
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Thunder Bay: Giunta — Stop Fluoride Campaign
Marley Giunta a spokesperson for the group opposed to putting fluoride in Thunder Bay’s water supply states, “Thunder Bay City Council are about to vote on Monday July 20th as to whether or not water fluoridation will be on the voting ballot of the upcoming election (Nov 2010)”. “If the majority of the Councillors vote […]
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Councilors’ vote to pull fluoride from Fort St. John’s water supply
Fort St. John’s drinking water might soon be free of fluoride. At Monday night’s City Council Meeting, councilors agreed to remove the chemical from the City’s water supply. Director of Infrastructure Victor Shopland, says the current amount of fluroide in the drinking water sits at .7 parts per million. Which, he says can be beneficial […]
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Strathcona County: EPCOR lowers fluoride levels
The water in Strathcona County will have a little less fluoride, following EPCOR’s decision to reduce the parts per million to keep in line with Health Canada’s recommendation. The fluoride in the water will be reduced from 0.8 ppm to 0.7 ppm because of the increased fluoridation levels in toothpaste. Health Canada states the maximum […]
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Ministry endorses fluoride in drinking water systems
Ontario’s Ministry of Health Promotion has endorsed the fluoridation of drinking water. In a recent letter to Norfolk council, minister Margaret Best said the fluoridation of drinking water has the McGuinty government’s blessing. “Fluoridation of local drinking water at recommended levels in Ontario is recognized as a safe practice, enshrined in law under the Fluoridation […]
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Epcor: Fluoride levels in water lowered
Epcor has reduced its fluoride levels by 13 per cent following a recommendation from a Health Canada expert panel. The panel, consisting of academics and members of public health agencies, reaffirmed the federal government’s existing maximum allowable level of 1.5 parts per million, but said the optimum is 0.7 ppm. Epcor previously capped fluoride at […]
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Too Much of a Good Thing?
Fluoridation is supposed to improve our dental health, yet an increasing number of Canadian municipalities are taking it out of the water. Citizens’ groups form to fight it, academic studies come up with different conclusions and even dentists duel over its desirability. Fluoridation has a long and heated history for an element found naturally everywhere […]
Canada, Alberta