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Nairn & Hyman Township: Move to stop fluoridation ‘a step backward’
The Sudbury and District Health Unit has condemned the Nairn and Hyman Township Council’s recent decision to remove fluoride from the community’s water supply. The township has had fluroide [sic] in its water supply since the early 1990s, but passed a motion on April 11 to remove it. “I am very concerned by the Nairn […]
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Cornwall: EOHU’s Roumeliotis to lobby for fluoridated water at Monday council meeting
The area’s medical officer of health is expected to make a detailed presentation to city council Monday night, outlining his support for water fluoridation in Cornwall. The Eastern Ontario Health Unit’s Paul Roumeliotis will refute material provided just two weeks ago from an American university professor who lobbied city council to abandon water fluoridation for […]
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Peel health staff will not ‘cherry-pick’ studies to support water fluoridation: Medical Officer of Health
Health staff involved in a review of local water fluoridation is neither supportive nor opposed to the long-standing practice, according to Peel’s top medical official. Medical Officer of Health Dr. Eileen de Villa has assured members of the Community Water Fluoridation Committee that regional health staff are objective participants in the ongoing process that is […]
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Cornwall. Editorial: Time to put the fluoride question to voters
As my buddy Bill Kingston rightly pointed out Monday night: “If only people were as passionate about the city budget and taxes as they are about fluoride.”The council chambers at city hall were jammed Monday night as opponents to the return of water fluoridation in Cornwall took centre stage at a meeting that stretched on […]
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Nairn & Hyman: Sudbury-area council to drop fluoride from water
In a 3-2 vote this week, Township of Nairn & Hyman council voted to drop fluoride from the municipal water supply. Councillors Brigita Gingras, Charlene Martel, Rod MacDonald and Riet Wigzell were deadlocked, so Mayor Laurier Falldien broke the tie in favour of dropping fluoride A survey had been sent out during the previous month […]
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Fluoride to be dropped from Nairn & Hyman water
In a 3-2 vote during Monday night’s meeting of council, councillors Brigita Gingras and Charlene Martel were outvoted by councillors Rod MacDonald and Riet Wigzell. Mayor Laurier Falldien broke the tie and voted in favour of dropping fluoride from the municipal water supply. A survey had been sent out during the previous month that asked […]
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Arguing against fluoride in Cornwall
An American anti-fluoride crusader, backed by about two dozen supporters behind him in the Cornwall council chambers, made his case to influence city council on Monday. Near the end of his 45-minute appearance, the supporters applauded strongly when Dr. Paul Connett said: “No one will take legal responsibility that fluoride is harmful. You are forcing […]
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Anti-fluoride university prof lobbies council to abandon practice
CORNWALL, Ontario – An American university professor with a deep background in toxicology lobbied hard at city hall Monday night against the return of fluoridation to Cornwall water. Dr. Paul Connett, who taught for 30 years at St. Lawrence University in nearby Canton, N.Y. and wrote a book against the practice of water fluoridation, told […]
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Fluoride costs keep going up at treatment plant: report
Whether Cornwall city council votes to continue fluoridating our water, or discontinue the practice, the costs keep going up. A report to city councillors that will be discussed Monday suggests that even if fluoridation is stopped, it will still cost as much as $40,000 to rid the water treatment plant of the 15,000 litres of […]
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Fluoride or no fluoride in Cornwall water
Let the fluoride debate begin — again. Cornwall council will allow for two speakers to present arguments for and against the fluoridation of water at two succeeding meetings on April 11 and April 25. But the decision for two representatives are local medical officer of health Dr. Paul Roumeliotis and American anti-fluoride advocate Dr. Paul […]
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