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Quebec eyes Gatineau in bid in increase fluoridation rates
The Quebec government is hoping Gatineau will agree to put fluoride in its water supply, and is even willing to pay for it, but it could wait a long time for city leaders to agree.
Denise Laferrière, a Hull sector councillor and president of the city’s Ville en Santé advisory commission said last week that fluoridation — recommended by multiple public-health authorities as a way of fighting tooth decay — is a provincial responsibility and adding fluoride to drinking water is no longer a priority for the local health body…