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Report shows kids need dental care
Scores of children in Peel Region are suffering from dental disease because they don’t have access to proper care, a Peel Region health report shows. A survey of school-aged youngsters in Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon conducted in 2001-02 identified “significant dental disease among Peel children,” the 2003 Children’s Dental Health Report stated. The oral health […]
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Fluoridate water in Caledon, report says
Caledon’s water supply should be fluoridated to combat a higher incidence of dental disease among children in the area, a Peel Region report says. Health and public works officials are conducting a cost benefit analysis of adding fluoride to 13 communal wells in the town before a final recommendation to council, says a report from […]
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Fluoride issue on fall ballot in Tecumseh
Tecumseh – Tecumseh council may want to put the contentious issue of fluoridation of the town’s water to a public vote on November’s municipal election ballot. After hearing from dentists and residents both for and against the expenditure of $243,243 to build a new fluoridation system, councillors decided the issue was too complex to make […]
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Prescott Mulling Vote on Fluoride
Fort Town residents will likely be asked come election time whether they continue to want fluoride added to their drinking water. Council took the first step Monday night toward a referendum on the issue when it agreed to hold a public meeting presenting both the pros and cons of water fluoridation. The date hasn’t been […]
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Prescott to discuss referendum on fluoridation
The fluoridation of Prescott’s drinking water could become an issue for a referendum due to a faulty regulator. Whether the town should continue to put fluoride in its water as it has for four decades became a topic when the cost of replacing a fluoride regulator was announced at a Monday night budget session. “I […]
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Sierra Club fights fluoridation – Safety of fish questioned
Fish may not brush their teeth, but they could be dying from fluoride consumption, according to a city conservation group. The Sierra Club of Canada’s Chinook chapter is so concerned about the levels of fluoride in the city’s waterways, it wants aldermen to impose a moratorium on fluoridation. Past concerns have focused on perceived threats […]
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Fluoride for drinking water put on Montreal’s agenda
Fluoridation of drinking water was not part of infrastructure and financing studies made public yesterday, but the issue is on the city’s agenda, at least for discussion purposes. Quebec’s Public Health Department has asked to discuss possible fluoridation with the city at a meeting this month. Most of Montreal, with the exception of several West […]
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Terrace may stop fluoridation
A REFERENDUM to end the fluoridation of drinking water may be coming to Terrace. City council voted Jan. 13 to explore the idea after several councillors called fluoride an unnecessary poison in the drinking water. Councillor Rich McDaniel said recent research indicates the health hazards of fluoridation outweigh the benefits. “Terrace is one of only […]
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Milton council refuses to support fluoridation of local water
Halton Region will have to take the lead in the fluoridation of Milton water after Town council refused to open the can of worms. Councillor Rick Malboeuf brought forward a motion Monday that would’ve seen council declare its support for fluoridation. But the motion was withdrawn after several councillors said they had no interest in […]
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Biting Back Against Fluoride
“IT’S THE CRIME of the century,” 82-year-old Len Greenall says, his voice rising in passionate indignation. “It’s an immoral invasion of bodily privacy.” He’s sitting at the dining room table of his Surrey, B.C., home, a heap of files beside him, discussing the evils of municipal water fluoridation, a fight he’s waged for 45 years. […]
Canada, National