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Fluoride to flow in Dorval again
Fluoridated drinking water will return to Dorval as early as next summer, now that Montreal has been washed out of the picture, Mayor Edgar Rouleau announced Monday afternoon. The city began adding fluoride to potable water in the 1950s. But in 2003, Dorval shut down the filtration plant’s decaying fluoridation equipment. A $400,000 upgrade was […]
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MNA wants to give Dorval final say on fluoride
A West Island MNA says the Quebec government may have to consider changing how island-wide decisions are made if the city of Montreal doesn’t back off its decision to block Dorval from using $400,000 in provincial funding to fluoridate its water. “The mayor and the taxpayers of Dorval know what is best for them,” Francois […]
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Dorval’s plan to bring back fluoride stalls
The mayor of Dorval contends the Montreal island council is blocking his city’s plan to put fluoride back into its drinking water. The provincial government has given Dorval the $400,000 the West Island suburb needs to upgrade its water filtration system to reintroduce fluoride. But, according to Dorval Mayor Edgar Rouleau, the island council is […]
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Locals gnash teeth over fluoride
A report revealing that twice as many Dorval children have developed cavities since the city stopped fluoridating its water has infuriated dentists and worried local parents, but some scientists are cautioning that re-fluoridating the water could cause more problems than it would solve. The fluoride in the drinking water is not pharmaceutical grade fluoride, noted […]
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Montreal targeted with fluoridation – again
Calls for the introduction of fluoridation in Montreal’s water system have been revived in the wake of a study that shows kindergarten children in Dorval have twice as many cavities as they did when fluoride was added to that city’s drinking water. Until recently, Dorval children generally had healthier teeth than their Montreal peers, said […]
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Dental stats revive fluoride debate
New figures from the dental community are reviving the fluoride debate in the Montreal area. The CLSC or local clinic in Dorval says the number of cavities in kindergarten children there has doubled in the past three years. The tooth decay has become more common since 2003, when the West Island community stopped putting fluoride […]
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Fluoride flap in Dorval
The fluoridation of Dorval’s drinking water became a hot municipal election topic last week, when mayoral candidate Brent Hussey accused outgoing Mayor Peter Yeomans of not advising residents that their water has not been fluoridated for almost two years. Yeomans, however, claimed that the public was notified through the media and that he had spoken […]
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There’s something in the water
The biting debate over whether to add fluoride to Montreal’s water supply has once again surfaced. With less than three weeks to go before Montrealers head to the polls Nov. 6, pro and anti-fluoride groups are stirring up controversy in city hall. They are hot on the heels of an announcement made earlier this month […]
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Fluoridation debate steps up
Twenty-three-year-old Lucie Mayer brought her three children to the Montreal Children’s Hospital dental clinic for their first visit yesterday afternoon. Their mouths said it all. Seven-year-old Shane Mayer-Senecal had 12 cavities, his 5-year-old brother, Andre, had eight, and 2-year-old Chelsea had seven, making a total of 27 cavities for the Verdun family. It’s typical, said […]
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Montreal mayoral candidate promises fluoridation
Fluoridation has become a hot topic in Montreal’s mayoral race. Despite concerns from environmental and health groups, Pierre Bourque, a former mayor and current mayoral candidate in the November municipal elections, is pledging to add fluoride to Montreal’s drinking water if he is elected. Montreal is one of the last major cities in North America […]
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