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Why this Ontario town is divided over fluoridation
Note from FAN: TVO (Ontario Educational Communications Authority) is part of Ontario’s Ministry of Education. It receives funding from the Government of Ontario, corporate sponsors, foundations, and individual donors. According to it’s 2017-2018 annual report (page 26), approximately 70% of its operating revenue came from government grants. It is both a public agency and a […]
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Jarvis: The fluoride debate: ‘I know what I saw’
Rotten teeth, teeth with holes, green teeth, inflamed gums, bleeding gums, abscesses — retired dental hygienist Helen DiMenna spent 33 years peering into people’s mouths. It was scary. “Ever had an abscessed tooth?” she asked. “There’s no place for it to drain. The pressure — you want to jump off the Ambassador Bridge.” Children whose […]
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Windsor. Jarvis: The fluoride debate: ‘I know what I saw’
Rotten teeth, teeth with holes, green teeth, inflamed gums, bleeding gums, abscesses — retired dental hygienist Helen DiMenna spent 33 years peering into people’s mouths. It was scary. “Ever had an abscessed tooth?” she asked. “There’s no place for it to drain. The pressure — you want to jump off the Ambassador Bridge.” Children whose […]
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Ontario: Trucking Company Fined $250,000 over hazmat incident
Titanium Trucking Services Inc., headquartered in Ontario, was recently convicted of one violation under the Ontario Environmental Protection Act and was fined $250,000 plus a victim fine surcharge of $62,500 and was given 24 months to pay the fine. The fine was the result of a hazmat incident in which a fluorosilicic acid spilled from […]
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How many towns need to back Windsor’s fluoride decision before it can happen?
Roughly 50 homes in Lakeshore are serviced by Tecumseh, which uses Windsor water How many municipalities need to agree before Windsor can reintroduce fluoride to its water? It’s complicated. In December, Windsor city council voted 8-3 to reintroduce fluoride into the municipal water system. It reversed a 2013 decision that saw the city remove the substance decades after […]
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Motion to examine reducing fluoridation level goes down the drain at London city hall
A lengthy monologue about the perceived dangers of fluoride from Councillor Michael Van Holst didn’t lend anymore traction to a motion at city hall that would direct staff to look at lowering the rate of fluoride in London’s drinking water. Van Holst and fellow councillors Steve Hillier and Elizabeth Peloza were the only city politicians […]
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Fluoride debate continues in Tecumseh
The decision to [re-introduce] fluoride into Tecumseh’s drinking water will have to wait. Council voted to defer the issue, after administration asked that a further report be provided on the legal interpretation of the fluoridation act. “There’s no happy medium here. There’s no middle ground. It’s either you’re in or you’re out and nothing in […]
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Jarvis: Another potential game changer in the fluoride debate
Adding fluoride to drinking water for more than 270,000 people in Windsor, LaSalle and Tecumseh could hinge in part on 50 households and businesses in Lakeshore. In a potential game changer in the contentious debate over the chemical, Lakeshore, which gets some of its water from Windsor via Tecumseh, wants to vote on whether the […]
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London: City staff to examine lowering water fluoridation by 0.1 part
City staff will take a look at slightly reducing the amount of fluoride in London’s water supply, as suggested by Ward 2 Coun. Shawn Lewis in Tuesday’s civic works committee meeting. His motion, which will investigate reducing the levels of fluoride from 0.7 parts per million — the recommendation by Health Canada — to 0.6 […]
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London: Van Holst’s Cosby analogy slammed as ‘inappropriate’
A women’s advocate and political expert are slamming a London city politician’s comparison of a longtime public health practice to convicted sexual offender Bill Cosby, calling his comments “inappropriate” and “irresponsible.” Coun. Michael van Holst made reference to Cosby — who was sentenced to prison last year after being found guilty of aggravated indecent assault […]
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