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Halton: Flouridation up again for debate
Regional council members appear poised to bring the issue of fluoride in Halton’s drinking water back into debate. Halton health officials will make a verbal update on the controversial issue at tomorrow’s (Tuesday’s) health and social services committee meeting, at which time regional councillors will likely have to decide whether to deal with the issue […]
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A no-win situation. To Fluoridate Or Not.
To fluoridate or not to fluoridate … that appears to be the question. Halton council was to decide last week on whether to end the region’s practice of fluoridating local water after current supplies have been exhausted. However, councillors were surprised when greeted with a barrage of delegations — many of which were expected to […]
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Hamilton Council Votes to Keep Fluoride in Water
Hamilton will continue to fluoridate its water supply. Council voted 9-7 last night to support staff’s recommendation to maintain fluoride in the system, but reduce the level from 0.7 to 0.6 milligrams per litre. Councillor Tom Jackson acknowledged the controversial issue has been a difficult decision. In the end, he said he had to support […]
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Halton waits on fluoride decision
The decision to eliminate fluoride from Halton’s water systems is being pushed back to the New Year by Regional Council. Fluoride is added to the water to assist in dental health, a process the Ontario Dental Association and Medical Officer of Health for Halton Dr. Bob Nosal, endorse. However, some residents and advocacy groups claim […]
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Hamilton Council to vote on fluoride
Spectators may want to bring a pillow to tonight’s council meeting — it’s going to be a long one. Council will debate and vote on two controversial issues: raising transit fares and maintaining fluoride in the city’s water. Both decisions failed to pass because of tie votes at the committee level and were referred to […]
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Fluoride stays put in Delhi — for now
Fluoride in Delhi’s water is a ‘hot button’ issue not just here in Norfolk but in towns and cities provincewide. Is it a benefit? Is it a health scare? Or is it even necessary? Dentists and anti-fluoridation activists both showed contrasting evidence to support their side and at a recent council meeting, Norfolk council voted […]
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Hamilton: Tie vote on water fluoridation
The city’s board of health is split over keeping fluoride in the drinking water supply. Councillors peppered presenters with questions at yesterday’s board meeting as they struggled to reconcile advice from public health supporting fluoridation and delegations calling it unsafe. Both sides claim the other is selecting studies that support their own position. After the […]
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Editorial: What’s up doc?
To fluoridate or not to fluoridate… that appears to be the question. Halton council was to decide last week on whether to end the Region’s practice of fluoridating local water after current supplies have been exhausted. However, councillors were surprised when greeted with a barrage of delegations, many whom were expected to address council on […]
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Hamilton: Less fluoride urged
The growing controversy over fluoridating drinking water comes to Hamilton today with critics and advocates of the practice making presentations to a city committee. The city’s health department is recommending it continue using fluoride — at slightly less concentrated levels. But that doesn’t sit well with representatives from the group People for Safe Water, who […]
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Halton: Fluoride’s Fine, says Region’s Medical Officer
Halton Region’s medical officer of health calls arguments for stopping water fluoridation nonsense. “The body of world literature in no uncertain terms shows fluoridation to be safe and effective,” Dr. Bob Nosal said after council put off a decision on the issue. Referring to anti-fluoride delegations heard last week, Nosal said: “Much of what they […]
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