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Saint John will not push province for fluoride treatment
Council rejects idea to have provincial government assess costs, manage FLUORIDE in city water An attempt to get the province involved in fluoride treatment in Saint John was defeated at city council Monday night. The $177,000 annual cost to fluoridate the city’s water supply was the decisive issue in the council vote earlier this month to end the […]
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Saint John council votes to stop putting fluoride in water
Saint John will no longer add fluoride to the city’s water. Despite the urging of dentists and doctors at Monday’s meeting of city council, the majority of councillors decided the treatment was not a worthwhile expense and voted to stop the practice. For Coun. Ray Strowbridge, the decision came down to dollars and cents. “The business […]
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Saint John delays vote on cutting fluoride from city water
Saint John city councillors have delayed their decision on whether to remove fluoride from city water, opting instead to hear from dental hygiene experts before determining whether the results are worth the cost. Saint John water commissioner Bill Edwards gave council the option of including or removing fluoride from the drinking water supply, which costs […]
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Saint John debates cutting fluoride from city water
Saint John city council is scheduled to vote Monday evening on whether to end the practice of adding fluoride to the city’s drinking water. The move is being urged by city administrators, who recommend terminating a fluoridation program they call inefficient. Several municipalities across the country have taken similar approaches. That includes Moncton, where in 2011 […]
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Moncton to drop fluoride from water
Say goodbye to fluoride in your drinking water, Metro Moncton. Moncton city council voted last night to put a moratorium on fluoride use in the municipal water supply for the next five years. The city’s plan is to then review the decision, and in the meantime, council voted that, “Moncton request the N.B. Department of […]
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Saint John: Council urged to keep fluoride
New Brunswick dentists are urging Saint John Common Council to keep fluoride in the drinking water as the city grapples with swelling water costs. Saint John is one of only three New Brunswick municipalities that continues to add fluoride to the water supply as a way to prevent tooth decay. The others are Oromocto and […]
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Dieppe votes against fluoride
The City of Dieppe now wants fluoride to be removed from its drinking water, reversing a previous decision by city council. Councillors voted five-to-three at a meeting Monday night to ask the City of Moncton to stop adding fluoride to the region’s water supply. Coun. Dave Maltais said the decision is based on extensive research. […]
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Riverview, Dieppe vote for water fluoridation
Both Riverview and Dieppe councils voted last night in favour of continuing to add fluoride to Metro Moncton’s municipal water supply. “The Canadian Public Health (Association) and others have said that it’s something positive to be kept, our opinion is that it should be kept,” Dieppe Mayor Jean LeBlanc said after a vote was held […]
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Moncton will rule on fluoride policy next month
Moncton is expected to decide next month on the future of fluoride in the region’s drinking water, after Riverview and Dieppe councils each passed motions to maintain the process on Monday. Moncton officials began to review the policy after a group called for the removal of fluoride from city water. The city asked for a […]
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Moncton: Fluoride meeting sparks debate
The contentious issue of water fluoridation came to a boil last night at Moncton City Hall. Mayor George LeBlanc, members of city council and more than 100 residents gathered in council chambers at city hall last night to debate whether Moncton’s water system should continue to be fluoridated. About two-thirds of the speakers wanted the […]
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