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Norfolk: Fluoride showdown
The Ontario Dental Association has weighed in on the debate over the fluoridation of municipal water in Norfolk. In a statement yesterday, Dr. Larry Levin, president of ODA, said eliminating fluoride from municipal water would be a step backward for the oral health of Norfolk residents. Specifically, ODA fears Norfolk children deprived of fluoridated water […]
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Cavity fighters
“You cried, didn’t you?” joked one Grade 8 boy to another as he headed into a recent dental screening at Barrie’s Ferndale Woods Elementary School. Hygienist Kelly Goldsworthy pulled out two clean instruments and scanned the next student’s teeth, keeping an eye out for any cavities requiring attention. “Looks like you’ve had some sealant done […]
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Simcoe-Muskoka Region: Dental health of children in region among worst in entire province
More than half of children aged seven to nine in Simcoe and Muskoka have tooth decay, a new report on oral health in the region says. Focus on HealthSTATS: Oral Health in Simcoe and Muskoka, states that the dental health of local children ranks in the bottom third in the province. The findings were based […]
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Fluoride debate getting long in tooth
The thorny debate over fluoride isn’t likely to be settled for at least a year, says the chair of the board that runs the local water system. Sarnia city councillor Terry Burrell, who also serves as Lambton Area Water Supply System (LAWSS) chair, said he doesn’t expect the debate will end before a report into […]
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Canadian doctors spurn hazardous fluoridation of water
The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) does not support fluoridation of drinking water for the following reasons. 1) The decline in caries in communities that are fluoridated has been highly significant — but so has the decline that has occurred in non-fluoridated communities. There has, in fact, been a general decline in […]
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Sarnia: Council receives legal opinion on fluoride removal
The largest user of local water might not have any say over whether fluoride should or should not be in the system. So says a legal opinion obtained by Sarnia city council. The document, from law firm Aird & Berlis, backs up a previous opinion received by the Lambton Area Water Supply System (LAWSS) board. […]
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Halton: Fluoride debate deferred again
An impassioned plea from a councillor was not enough to make regional health committee members postpone, for up to two years, the ongoing debate on whether to remove fluoride from Halton’s drinking water. “I fear council is expected to make a judgment on evidence that only staff can understand,” said Burlington Regional Councillor John Taylor […]
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Health committee ‘re-postpones’ water fluoridation debate
An impassioned plea from a Burlington councillor was not enough to make regional health committee members postpone for up to two years the ongoing debate on whether to remove fluoride from Halton’s drinking water. Instead, committee members voted Tuesday morning to simply defer the issue until the spring, once Health Canada opens the subject up […]
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Stopping water fluoridation borders on child neglect
Halton stopping water fluoridation? Bad move. Some misguided members of council say there is “too much evidence.” Not all evidence is equal. Small studies and anecdotes are not science. Evidence is not measured by paper volume. Volume was science when we all agreed the earth was flat or that some of us were witches. Systematic […]
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Why shouldn’t experts be questioned?
I am astounded that the editors of the Oakville Beaver are “puzzled why council is questioning the viewpoint of its own medical officer of health” over the issue of water fluoridation (No need to rush decision, Oakville Beaver, Nov. 26). Surely Canada has long gone beyond abject obeisance to persons of authority in debates about […]
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