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Tecumseh council opts for fluoride
The town will go back to fluoridating its water after council was convinced by dentists and medical experts Tuesday to not put the question to voters. A motion by Councillor Doreen Ouellette to hold a plebiscite as part of the November municipal election didn’t even get a seconder to bring it to a vote. Then […]
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Woman wants fluoridaton stopped in Prescott
PRESCOTT – Heidi MacDonald doesn’t think Prescott residents should have to wait three and a half years to vote on water fluoridation. “That’s a big responsibility and a big wait,” the science and special education teacher said Monday night after learning council has decided to continue putting fluoride in the water and a referendum will […]
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Report shows kids need dental care
Scores of children in Peel Region are suffering from dental disease because they don’t have access to proper care, a Peel Region health report shows. A survey of school-aged youngsters in Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon conducted in 2001-02 identified “significant dental disease among Peel children,” the 2003 Children’s Dental Health Report stated. The oral health […]
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Fluoridate water in Caledon, report says
Caledon’s water supply should be fluoridated to combat a higher incidence of dental disease among children in the area, a Peel Region report says. Health and public works officials are conducting a cost benefit analysis of adding fluoride to 13 communal wells in the town before a final recommendation to council, says a report from […]
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Fluoride issue on fall ballot in Tecumseh
Tecumseh – Tecumseh council may want to put the contentious issue of fluoridation of the town’s water to a public vote on November’s municipal election ballot. After hearing from dentists and residents both for and against the expenditure of $243,243 to build a new fluoridation system, councillors decided the issue was too complex to make […]
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Prescott Mulling Vote on Fluoride
Fort Town residents will likely be asked come election time whether they continue to want fluoride added to their drinking water. Council took the first step Monday night toward a referendum on the issue when it agreed to hold a public meeting presenting both the pros and cons of water fluoridation. The date hasn’t been […]
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Prescott to discuss referendum on fluoridation
The fluoridation of Prescott’s drinking water could become an issue for a referendum due to a faulty regulator. Whether the town should continue to put fluoride in its water as it has for four decades became a topic when the cost of replacing a fluoride regulator was announced at a Monday night budget session. “I […]
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Milton council refuses to support fluoridation of local water
Halton Region will have to take the lead in the fluoridation of Milton water after Town council refused to open the can of worms. Councillor Rick Malboeuf brought forward a motion Monday that would’ve seen council declare its support for fluoridation. But the motion was withdrawn after several councillors said they had no interest in […]
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Cobalt Rejects Fluoridation
People in a small Northern Ontario community have voted overwhelmingly to stop adding fluoride to the town’s drinking water due to health concerns. Residents of Cobalt, a community of 1,250 people 135 kilometres northwest of North Bay, voted last Tuesday against fluoridation. The practice was rejected by 140 of the 159 people who cast a […]
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Small Ontario town turns tide on 40 Years of Fluoridation
On Wednesday, the small northern Ontario town of Cobalt voted overwhelmingly to become the first community in Canada’s largest province to turn back the clock on nearly four decades of public drinking water fluoridation in Ontario. “The turnout was disappointing,” said town councillor Vic Legault, who campaigned almost alone for 180 days to force a […]
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