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Windsor Essex: Health Unit Monitoring Fluoridation Cessation Effects
The Windsor Essex Health Unit says it’s too early to determine if removing fluoride from the area’s water supply is having an impact on tooth decay in the region. A recent study found a worsening in the decay of baby teeth in Calgary children compared to children in Edmonton where water still contains fluoride. Medical […]
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Peel Region considering removing fluoride from water supply
Mississauga, Brampton, and Caledon are all considering removing fluoride from the water supply despite medical advice to the contrary. “The evidence is clear as to both its safety and its effectiveness,” the Ontario Minister of Health said Thursday. “I’m a public health doctor. It’s one of the biggest public health advancements in the past hundred years,” […]
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Peel eyes its use of fluoride in water
There’s something in the water. And now Peel Region is considering stopping the practice of adding fluoride to its drinking water. The regional council — which oversees Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon — formed the “Oral Health in Peel Committee” in late January. During its first meeting on Feb. 11, it began “examining practices” surrounding fluoride […]
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Cornwall Coun. Andre Rivette wants to renew fluoride debate
With recent news children in fluoride-free Calgary have been getting more cavities than normal, Coun. Andre Rivette believes it’s time bring fluoride back to the city. “On Monday, I’m going to bring up a new motion to get this moving, to get a new date done (for a presentation by medical officer of health Dr. […]
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Chatham-Kent official backs health minister’s call to support water fluoridation
A Chatham-Kent health official agrees with Health Minister Eric Hoskins that municipalities should be cautious about doing away with water fluoridation, given the benefits that it provides to the public. Last month, Hoskins sent a letter to municipalities urging them to support the fluoridation of drinking water in their communities “so that everyone can enjoy […]
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Peel councillors begin reexamination of water fluoridation benefits
Reexamination of the benefits and potential health risks that come from adding fluoride to Peel’s drinking water is officially underway. Almost five years after Peel Regional councillors closed lengthy debate on the merits of municipal water fluoridation by unanimously voting to continue the longstanding practice, council members have reopened the issue. Members of the Region’s […]
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The never ending fluoride debate
Every time you drink a little water in Caledon, you ingest a tiny amount of Fluorosilicic acid. It’s a chemical added to the drinking water supplied to as many as 45 per cent of Canadians as a simple method of preventing tooth decay. Dr. Eric Hoskins, Ontario’s Minister of Health, describes tooth decay as “the […]
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Mayor Crombie urges Peel to keep fluoride in drinking water
Multiple municipalities have been removing fluoride from their water supplies, but following suit is not on Mayor Bonnie Crombie’s agenda. Crombie, whose support for continued fluoridation is in step with other Peel mayors, says that the benefits of water fluoridation speak for themselves. In a recent press release that the mayor’s office distributed following a Jan […]
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Debate on water fluoridation back on tap for Peel council
Peel Regional councillors have agreed to take a deeper look at merits and possible health risks associated with fluoridation of municipal drinking water and conduct broader public consultation on the longstanding practice. During a regular meeting Thursday, councillors passed a motion to have a committee carry out a broad review of the issue and seek […]
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Parry Sound: Medical officer issues letter on fluoridation
[Note: The Parry Sound Council voted to end fluoridation at their January 26, 2016 meeting] PARRY SOUND – With the fluoride debate potentially coming to a close, the health unit’s medical officer of health is appealing to the public to carefully consider the impact of its removal. In a letter dated Jan. 7, Dr. Jim […]
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