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Lawsuit Against Fluoride in Canada
Hello Donna*, Thank you for the information and for letting us know about your involvement in getting rid of the useless and perhaps harmful Artificial Water Fluoridation program in Cresent City, California. I appreciate the information and I would like you to know that many of us Councillors in Peel Region have taken the time […]
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Parry Sound: Keeping fluoride comes with hefty price tag
Now that the town has decided to keep fluoride in its water, it approved a $250,000 upgrade to safely store and distribute the chemical into the town’s water system. In June, the town unanimously agreed to keep fluoride in its water following a lengthy deputation from North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit medical officer […]
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Letter: Drinking water experts say make baby formula with unfluorinated water
To the editor: On June 17, Health Canada and the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Committee on Drinking Water updated advice for parents of young infants using tap water to prepare infant formula during blue-green algal blooms. The change suggests that drinking-water authorities advise residents to use an alternate source of drinking water, like bottled water, when preparing infant […]
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Parry Sound council should learn more about fluoridation; Limeback
Re: Town opts to stick with fluoride (Beacon Star, June 5), here are some basic facts that may not have been considered. 1. The chemicals used to fluoridate drinking water are impure. They are industrial waste liquids (usually hydrofluosillicic acid) collected from the smokestack scrubbers of the phosphate fertilizer industry and they are contaminated with […]
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Parry Sound. Editorial: To fluoride or not to fluoride?
When it comes to the addition of fluoride to municipal water systems, it’s not a matter of risk, but choice. On Tuesday, the Town of Parry Sound unanimously decided to continue adding fluoride to the residential water system. The vote came after a compelling presentation by Dr. Jim Chirico, the North Bay Parry Sound District […]
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Parry Sound: Town opts to stick with fluoride
It’s staying in. On Tuesday night town council voted unanimously to keep adding fluoride to the town’s water supply. In a lengthy deputation to council, North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit medical officer of health Dr. Jim Chirico gave council a list of facts, refuting the town’s proposed move towards halting the addition of […]
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Kingsville Votes Against Fluoride
The Town of Kingsville has joined the growing number of municipalities against fluoridating its water as the province considers making it mandatory. Kingsville Council passed a motion Monday night reaffirming its stance saying it will continue to be fluoride free. Former deputy mayor and Kingsville resident Tamara Stomp asked council for its support because she […]
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Lakeshore Doesn’t Want Fluoride
Lakeshore council is worried the province is going to force them to put fluoride in the town water. Mayor Tom Bain says the majority of the town has never had it in their water, and they don’t want to add it now. “We’re going to send a letter off to the provincial government that we […]
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Letter: Poisoning water with fluoride should not be mandated by province
Re: MPP Bob Delaney’s petition to mandate artificial water fluoridation across Ontario. The 2002 Safe Drinking Water Act states “Dilution is no excuse for adding a contaminant to drinking water.” For decades, numerous Ontario municipalities have used hydrofluorsilicic acid to artificially fluoridate drinking water. HFSA is classified by the Canadian Environmental Protection Act as synthetic, […]
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Blind River: Health Unit: ‘At no point was anybody at risk. Except…’
Residents of Blind River recently went 98 days without municipally mandated fluoride in their drinking water, members of the Algoma Public Health board learned Wednesday night. Whenever fluoride concentrations fall below 0.6 parts per million in a fluoridated municipal water supply, the provincial government requires medical officers of health to provide a report to their […]
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