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There’s more to this campaign than potholes
Some commentators are griping that the only issues in this fall’s Montreal election campaign are potholes and untidy streets. They want meatier issues. Here, in no special order, are nine. Casino. If the province gives it the green light, Loto-Quebec’s plan to move the casino closer to downtown could truly alter the city’s character. Loto […]
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Alcoa, partners find use for hazardous waste
Alcoa, Nova Pb and St. Lawrence Cement have pooled their expertise and developed a way to turn the aluminum company’s hazardous waste into a non-toxic product that improves cement. Pot-liner, the residue produced during the smelting of primary aluminum, is dangerous stuff, containing cyanide and fluoride. It has been banned from most landfill sites for […]
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Fluoride for drinking water put on Montreal’s agenda
Fluoridation of drinking water was not part of infrastructure and financing studies made public yesterday, but the issue is on the city’s agenda, at least for discussion purposes. Quebec’s Public Health Department has asked to discuss possible fluoridation with the city at a meeting this month. Most of Montreal, with the exception of several West […]
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Should West Island continue fluoridation?
Saying fluoride is available in so many ways today, Dorval borough chairman Peter Yeomans would like a study to see if it should be taken out of the West Island’s drinking water supply. “I’m not saying that it should be taken out,” Yeomans said, “but fluoride is so readily available these days that it seems […]
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Montreal targeted with Fluoridation Plan
MONTREAL – Almost one in two children entering kindergarten in Quebec has cavity-ridden teeth, according to a public health study released yesterday. The number is twice that of Ontario children, according to researchers. Dr. Jean-Marc Brodeur, the study’s author, said ignoring problems with children’s teeth was storing up trouble for the future. “The population certainly […]
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