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Too much fluoride?
A panel of experts commissioned by Health Canada says fluoride levels in everything from water to the amount of toothpaste used, should be lowered to protect children’s health from over-exposure. The panel is recommending reduced fluoride exposure because it’s worried children might be getting too much of the chemical from diet, water and toothpaste, leading […]
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Quebec City ends 36 years of fluoridation
FAN Bulletin 946: VICTORY in Quebec confirmed! March 27, 2008 After the council of Quebec City issued its intention last year to end fluoridation on April 1, 2008, promoters of fluoridation in government went into action and lobbied to get them to change their mind. Despite these efforts, and those by a newly elected mayor […]
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Côte St. Luc ‘better not fluoridate the water,’ fluoride opponent tells mayor
A Côte St. Luc environmentalist has warned Mayor Anthony Housefather that he better do his homework before taking any serious steps towards having fluoride injected into Côte St. Luc’s drinking water. Last week during Côte St. Luc city council’s monthly sitting, Marsha Akman, a Macdonald Avenue resident, reacted to a news story published in the […]
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Côte St. Luc fluoridation proponent wins support of Mayor Housefather
A Côte St. Luc woman who wants city council to pass a resolution calling for the local public water supply to have fluoride added has won the support of Mayor Anthony Housefather. “You certainly laid out good reasons why fluoridation should occur in the water system and I personally support it,” said Housefather, after listening […]
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Dorval will soon have new fluoride system
A couple of West Island water filtration plants will soon undergo some major renovations. Dorval has opened tenders submitted by last Friday’s deadline to build an extension for its new fluoride system as well as to install new equipment. Dorval Mayor Edgar Rouleau expects the winning bidder will be given the green light to start […]
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Dorval waits for fluoride
When Dorval Mayor Edgar Rouleau managed to wrangle consent from the Quebec government last December to let the city decide whether to resume fluoridation of the town’s drinking water, he thought it would only be a matter of a few months before fluoride would once again be flowing through the town’s water pipes. In March, […]
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Cities feel bite from shortage of fluoride
Cities and towns across North America are scrambling for supplies of fluoride – a chemical they add to their water systems to prevent tooth decay. Ottawa has been without the additive for extended periods in recent months because of a global shortage. The shortage has stirred debate over a decades-old practice, with critics flashing big, […]
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Decide on fluoride: city to Quebec
Montreal has asked the provincial government to make a decision on whether cities should add fluoride to water, says a member of the executive committee. However, the city wants to see all municipalities abide by whatever the government decides. “In September, the mayor of Montreal, Mr. Gerald Tremblay, had forwarded a letter to Mr. [Philippe] […]
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Quebec City Council Votes to Stop Fluoridation by April 2008
The city of Québec will wait a year before terminating its water fluoridation program offered to citizens. As expected, yesterday the municipal council has literally shoveled this issue in the courtyard of the Health Department, giving it a respite until April 1st 2008 in order to adopt a regulation that would force municipalities to fluoridate […]
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Coalition urges Quebec to force Montreal to fluoridate water
The Quebec government was urged yesterday to force the city of Montreal to fluoridate its water supply and end what is described as “an epidemic of tooth decay” among the city’s preschoolers. A coalition that claims to represent dentists, physicians, dental hygienists and social workers wants deputy health minister Alain Poirier to invoke Article 55 […]
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