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Fluoride safety fears rock Sarnia
For 40 years, the six Ontario municipalities that share the Lambton Area Water Supply System have been debating whether it’s safe to add fluoride to their drinking water. This November, the issue may finally be put to rest. Like many Canadian water supplies, Lambton began adding fluoride to its water four decades ago as an […]
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Fort St. John: City investigating possible fluoride referendum
A Fort St. John woman is concerned about fluoride in the City’s drinking water. Dorothy Folk presented a report to City Council on Monday, that outlined the impacts of fluoride in the City’s water supply. She says fluoride is very poisonous and it can cause many health problems. Folk says she has 12 hundred signatures […]
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Sarnia-Lambton: Fluoride decision could be made in fall
A decision on whether fluoride should be in Sarnia-Lambton’s water supply could be made this November. The Lambton Area Water Supply System (LAWSS) will hold a special meeting in November to debate the issue. Both proponents for and against the chemical additive will be invited to speak. After seven years of debating the issue, it’s […]
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Thunder Bay: What is Your View on Fluoridation?
The Thunder Bay District Health Unit has started an awareness campaign on the issue of fluoride in Thunder Bay’s water supply. The campaign has consisted of media campaign featuring ads in the traditional media, postcards, and a website to promote the effort. The TBDHU states, “Our 2007 Thunder Bay District Health Unit survey showed that […]
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Port Hope: UF6 production to resume
The Port Hope conversion facility is getting geared up to resume production of uranium hexafluoride (UF6) after an HF supplier was located. Cameco has signed a new contract with its historic supplier of hydrofluoric acid (HF) under terms that are mutually beneficial to both parties. HF is a primary feed material for the production of […]
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Thunder Bay: Health Unit Launches Fluoridation Website
The Thunder Bay District Health Unit today unveiled its newest website, thunderbayfluoride.ca, that will serve as both an information source and a venue for discussion around the issue of community water fluoridation. Community water fluoridation (adding controlled amounts of fluoride to a drinking water supply) is regarded as one of the top ten public health […]
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Orillia: Fluoride Forum Floated
City council decided on Monday night to hold a public forum on flouridation. But not before Coun. Wayne Gardy was satisfied the motion approving the forum was toothless. Gardy asked that the word “implementation” be removed from the phrase “that the city consider the implementation of a flouridation program.” It was fine to have the […]
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Tottenham: Council flips on decision to turn off fluoride
Adding fluoride to the water system is the safest, most equitable and cost-effective way to distribute it, heard New Tecumseth council Monday night. A group of Canadian dental experts highlighted these points at a committee of the whole meeting after learning council had told town staff to take the necessary steps to end fluoridation of […]
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Tottenham the epi-centre of fluoride battle between, Stone, dentists
Drinking water in Tottenham has been flouridated since 1973 and is currently the only community in Simcoe County with the chemical additive. Voters in Alliston rejected fluoride treatment in a ballot question in 1976. Ward 5 councillor Jim Stone has made ridding Tottenham water of fluoride one of his major stalking horses since first being […]
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ODA Says to Tottenham and Simcoe Region: It’s Time to Stand Up for Water Fluoridation!
Simcoe, ON – The Ontario Dental Association (ODA) is speaking out to Tottenham politicians who are considering removing fluoride from their water by urging them to get the facts from informed medical experts. “Water fluoridation is safe and helps prevent tooth decay – it’s just that simple,” says Dr. Gerald Ross, President of the Muskoka-Simcoe […]
Canada, Ontario