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Peel health officials recommend continuing water fluoridation
Peel Public Health has recommended the region continue adding fluoride to the community’s drinking water system. For the last year now, councillors on Peel Region’s Community Water Fluoridation Committee have been conducting a review of the decades-old practice promoted as an effective oral health measure. The local health unit and Medical Officer of Health submitted […]
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Brantford: Budget for fluoridation system climbs
City councillors want to discuss behind closed doors the ballooning budget for construction of a liquid fluoridation system at the Holmedale water treatment plant. Council’s operations and administrations committee voted this week to support a motion from Coun. Dan McCreary to defer to an in-camera meeting further discussion on a staff request for an additional […]
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Peel asks Ontario government to test toxicity of fluoride added to local drinking water
Councillors examining health safety Peel is asking the provincial government to conduct toxicity tests on the additive used to fluoridate the region’s drinking water. Regional council wants the Ontario government to provide clear evidence the additive is safe for human consumption. After months of hearing scientific studies that have concluded water fluoridation has proven oral […]
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Cornwall. Standard-Freeholder Year in Review: April — Water on everyone’s tongue
Water was one of this month’s themes in the decisions and events that occurred in and around the Seaway City. Around the Cornwall city council table, members sat through two presentations they’d ordered up in March on the question of re-introducing fluoride into the municipal water supply. The addition of hydrofluorosilicic acid (HFSA) had been […]
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Elliot Lake council debates future use of fluoride in drinking water
The question of whether Elliot Lake should continue putting fluoride in its water is being debated. Deputy Mayor Luc Cyr promised to examine the issue during the election campaign. Mayor Dan Marchisella says council wants to know the long term effects of fluoride, pro or con, before making a decision on its continued use. Council […]
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Dental hygienists urge Sarnia to keep fluoride in water
A Sarnia resident is asking city council to push harder to get fluoride removed from municipal drinking water. “Your body doesn’t need fluoride, there’s no metabolic process in your body that requires fluoride, and the only reason you put fluoride in your body is in hopes that you’re saving cavities,” says Rod Gowrie, who believes […]
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York professor leads study that could help answer fluoride safety questions
A $300,000 grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH) will allow York University to lead the largest study to date that investigates whether early life exposure to low level fluoride affects the developing brain. Faculty of Health Professor Christine Till, principal investigator of the study, will use the funding to determine if prenatal and […]
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Fluoride foes protest after staff tell Peel that water treatment is safe
Peel’s Medical Officer of Health told a committee reviewing the use of fluoride in the region’s drinking water that there is no “quality” or “relevant” research to suggest the longtime practice poses a health risk when Health Canada standards are followed. Dr. Eileen de Villa spoke to the region’s Community Water Fluoridation Committee Nov. 24 […]
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Sarnia: Fluoride debate revived
City council has asked Lambton’s medical officer of health to review a citizen’s request to remove fluoride from local drinking water. Rod Gowrie said the fluoride added at the Lambton Area Water Supply System is industrial waste that also contains lead, arsenic, mercury and other harmful substances, leaving the municipality vulnerable to law suits. Sarnia […]
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Sarnia: Water Fluoridation Plebiscite Possible
Sarnia voters could be voting on water fluoridation come the next municipal election. Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley says he’s planning to bring a motion forward to council calling for the city to hold a plebiscite on the contentious issue. The move comes after the issue of water fluoridation returned to council chambers Monday night. Sarnia […]
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