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WHAT’S HAPPENING – NEWS !!!
Hamilton wants fluoride classified as a drug
By: Kevin Werner, Hamilton Community News.com, Hamilton, Ontario 07-May-2012 – Hamilton’s Board of Health is asking the federal government to classify fluoride as a drug so it can be properly regulated and studied. “It’s a difficult issue for us,” said Ward 1 councillor Brian McHattie, who introduced the motion at the board’s May 7 meeting. [...]
Okotoks Settles Fluoride Issue: Council votes 6-1 to end fluoridation
By: The Eagle 100.9 FM, Okotoks Online, Okotoks, Alberta 25-Apr-2012 – The Town of Okotoks is taking the Fluoride out of it’s drinking water. In a 6-1 vote council agreed to repeal the existing fluoridation bylaw and direct administration to apply to Alberta Environment to stop putting it into the town’s water. Councillor Florence Christophers, [...]
Town council votes to stop fluoridation: Councillors want program for low-income residents
By: Don Patterson, Okotoks Western Wheel, Okotoks, Alberta 25-Apr-2012 — Fluoride will be removed from Okotoks’ drinking water, but town councillors still have a few more steps to take before the Town stops adding the chemical for good. Councillors voted 6-1 on April 23 to stop adding fluoride to drinking water, but they still need [...]
Coming clean: Good hygiene key to curbing rising tooth decay rates in kids
By: Rachel Naud, National Post, Canada 10-Apr-2012 — Like many moms, Alison Duncan got tired of fighting a losing battle with her four-year-old daughter, Taylor. Every day, twice a day, tooth brushing was met with screams and tears. “We tried to talk to her, calm her down, tell her it’s really important,” says the Toronto [...]
Fluoride debate heats up, Okotoks public hearing attracts a crowd
By: Don Patterson, Okotoks Western Wheel, Okotoks, Alberta 05-Apr-2012 — The debate over removing fluoride from Okotoks’ drinking water is heating up. About 60 people turned out to a public hearing on March 26 to hear experts speak on both sides of the fluoride issue in Okotoks and add their voices to the debate. Medical [...]
Fluoride challenge
By: Eric Mayne, The Windsor Star, Windsor, Ontario 04-Apr-2012 — Quick! Name a milestone of progress that trickled down from the status quo … Time’s up. Nearly every landmark achievement in Western society stems from a grassroots movement. Women’s suffrage. Child labour laws. Civil rights protection. At one time, all were regarded as outrageous notions. [...]
Fluorosilicic acid is a ‘toxic waste’
By: Ayesha Drouillard (Letter to the Editor), The Windsor Star, Windsor, Ontario 28-Mar-2012 — Re: Fluoride debate: Advice for city council, Star editorial, March 19. The report submitted by the Windsor Utilities Commission a few weeks ago clarified one critical issue that council cannot ignore. Can the WUC provide clinical evidence to show fluorosilicic acid (HFS) [...]
Petrolia’s fluoride debate starts to brew
By: David Pattenaude, The Petrolia Topic, Petrolia, Ontario 28-Mar-2012 — Fluoridation of drinking water has been a contentious debate in communities for years and the debate has begun in Petrolia — and may continue at Petrolia council’s April 23 meeting. Councillors have received inquiries about fluoride being added to the town’s drinking water so the town [...]
Meet Dr. Paul Connett, co-author of ‘The Case Against Fluoride’ on April 19th, 2012 (7:00 PM), Room 310, Metro Hall, 55 John Street, Toronto
Your are cordially invited to meet Dr. Paul Connett (PhD), co-author of ‘The Case Against Fluoride’, on April 19th, 2012 (7:00 PM), Room 310, Metro Hall, 55 John Street, Toronto (at Wellington Street). The meeting and discussion will be to update fluoridation issues to 2012, and discuss next steps. This event is brought to you [...]
Can get fluoride in non-water ways
By: Roger Dzugan (Letter to the Editor), The Windsor Star, Windsor, Ontario 23-Mar-2012 — Re: Removing fluoride unwise, costly, by Harry Hoediono, March 9. In response to Dr. Harry Hoediono’s letter regarding fluoride in our drinking water, how do you know what and how much of any food or liquid each and every patient consumes? [...]
Fluoride untested toxic waste
By: Christine Moody (Letter to the Editor), The Windsor Star, Amherstburg, Ontario 23-Mar-2012 — I usually respect your opinion. However, that was until I read The Star’s editorial endorsement of water fluoridation. If you’d attended any of the meetings or heard Dr. Allen Heimann’s own admission that testing has not been done on the fluoride product [...]
Petrolia’s fluoride debate starts (water fluoridation to be reconsidered)
BY: David Pattenaude, The Petrolia Topic, Petrolia, Ontario 21-Mar-2012 — Fluoridation of drinking water has been a contentious debate in communities for years and the debate has begun in Petrolia - and may continue at Petrolia council’s April 23 meeting. Councillors have received inquiries about fluoride being added to the town’s drinking water so the town [...]
Toronto Chapter, Council of Canadians – Water Forum this Saturday March 24, 2012 (10am – 4pm)
Your are invited to come visit the Toronto Chapter, Council of Canadians, at their award winning annual ‘water forum’ — this coming Saturday, March 24, 2012 (10am – 4pm). This event is being held at the United Steel Workers Hall, 25 Cecil Street, Toronto, Ontario (south of College Street, east of Spadina) TOPICS INCLUDE: Melancthon Megaquarry, Our [...]
Make our drinking water safe
By: Kimberly Deyong (Letter to the Editor), The Windsor Star, Windsor, Ontario 16-Mar-2012 — Re: Removing fluoride unwise, costly, by Harry Hoediono, March 9. WUC has a mandate to supply safe water. Last year the Town of Lakeshore’s water admin recommended the same to their council as WUC did because “fluoridation is a process that does [...]
Don’t fluoridate drinking water
By: Donna Mayne (Letter to the Editor), The Windsor Star, Windsor, Ontario 16-Mar-2012 — Re: WUC urges moratorium on fluoridation, by Beatrice Fantoni, March 1. Consuming and bathing in water artificially fluoridated with hydrofluorosilicic acid – a classified, persistent, bioaccumulative toxin – goes beyond ridiculous. But thanks to a majority of members of the Windsor [...]
MEETING NOTICE: Upcoming public discussion about Hamilton, Ontario’s water fluoridation, March 21, 2012
Great Kick-off just before World Water Day. You are invited to join us for a free, public discussion about water fluoridation in Hamilton. ‘Is our tap water safe’? What every parent should know. What every citizen should ask. Hosted by the Hamilton Chapter, Council of Canadians CoC Hamilton Fluoridation Resolution Wed. March 21st, 7:30 p.m. [...]
Tecumseh wants fluoride out of water – councillors voted
CBC News, Windsor, Ontario 14-Mar-2012 — Tecumseh town councillors voted 3-1 Tuesday in favour of asking the city of Windsor to stop putting fluoride in the drinking water. Council was following the lead of the Windsor Utilities Commission, which recommended last month to discontinue the fluoride use in the water for five years. Tecumseh gets [...]
Fluoride concerns voiced
By: Frank Matys, Simcoe.com, Orillia, Ontario 02-Mar-2012 — Orillia’s anti-fluoridation movement has garnered the support of a veteran of the dental profession. Tammy Gouweloos, a registered dental hygienist for the past 30 years, says the higher rate of decayed teeth in Orillia’s children “has nothing to do with whether or not we have fluoride in [...]
Wynyard town council discontinues water fluoridation
By: COF-COF.ca, Wynyard, Saskatchewan 01-Mar-2012 — Wynyard town council reconsidered whether or not to continue fluoridating their town’s water supply. At the council meeting held on March 1st, the motion was tabled and carried, “that we discontinue adding fluoride to our treated Town of Wynyard water”. Wynyard is a community of approximately 2,000 people, nestled between Big Quill Lake and [...]
No budging on water fluoridation opinions
By: Miranda Minassian, The Packet & Times, Orillia, Ontario 01-Mar-2012 — Greeting visitors to Orillia’s first public forum on fluoride with signs reading “Fluoride is the new F word,” Orillia Citizens Against Fluoride made a show of their presence. Even before the public forum began, members of the group had made up their minds: They [...]
Remove fluoride from water, utilities commission says (Windsor, Ontario)
CBC News, Windsor, Ontario 01-Mar-2012 — The much debated fluoride issue is now on the collective lap of Windsor’s city councillors. After two hours spent listening to 11 delegations Wednesday night, the Windsor Utilities Commission passed a motion recommending the city stop adding fluoride to drinking water. It suggests any savings be directed to oral [...]
Utilities commission recommends city council stop fluoridating water, requests more information so city can have full debate
By: Beatrice Fantoni (Reporter), The Windsor Star, Windsor, Ontario 29-Feb-2012 — They (Windsor Utilities Commission) voted in favour of recommending to city council to stop water fluoridation for five years and redirect any funds recuperated into oral hygiene and nutrition education. “This (fluoridation policy) has been in place for 59 years. It deserves a review – [...]
‘More Doctors Smoke Camels’ — When water fluoridation was introduced!
By: Doug Schmidt (Reporter), The Windsor Star, Windsor, Ontario 27-Feb-2012 — To the critics of fluoride, it’s pretty straightforward: Windsorites are being mass medicated without their consent with an industry-sourced waste chemical that is considered too toxic to be released directly into the environment, but which is considered safe enough to be added to our [...]
Fluoride battle brews in Orillia, Ontario
By: Frank Matys, Simcoe.com, Orillia, Ontario 23-Feb-2012 — Orillia City councillors had a duty to attend a presentation on the potential dangers of fluoridation as Orillia considers adding the chemical to the water supply, says an opponent of the proposal. Just three of nine council members were present at a well-attended talk by Dr. Paul [...]
Researchers explore fluoride debate
By: Doug Schmidt, The Windsor Star, Windsor, Ontario 18-Feb-2012 — Epidemiological researchers with the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit have descended on Kingsville and Leamington to stare into the mouths of locals and figure out whether their teeth are fouler than those found in Windsor. The study, started last year, aims to measure the touted benefits of fighting [...]
Orillia citizens show up to hear water-fluoridation critic
By: Robin MacLennan, Special to The Packet & Times – Orillia, Ontario 17-Feb-2012 — Local governments are doing to everyone what a doctor can do to no one, says Paul Connett, an international speaker and opponent of fluoridation. Connett visited Orillia Friday and delivered strong warnings to an audience of about 60 people at Lakehead [...]
Council agrees to keep Amherstburg fluoride free
By: Karen Fallon, Amherstburg River Town Times, Ontario 07-Feb-2012 — Amherstburg’s water will be fluoride-free a bit longer. Councillor John Sutton said the town has not been putting fluoride in the water since last April, pending improvements to the treatment system. Last night, council voted to keep it that way – for now. Sutton said [...]
Fluoride to be kept out of Amherstburg drinking water
CBC News, Windsor (Amherstburg), Ontario 07-Feb-2012 — Amherstburg’s water will be fluoride-free a bit longer. Councillor John Sutton said the town has not been putting fluoride in the water since last April, pending improvements to the treatment system. Last night, council voted to keep it that way – for now. Sutton said if there’s a [...]
Town council passes moratorium on putting artificial fluoridation into drinking water – Town had suspended artificial fluoridation last April
By: Ron Giofu, The Amherstburg Echo, Ontario 07-Feb-2012 — Artificial fluoridation will stay out of Amherstburg’s drinking water after town council passed a moratorium against adding fluoride Monday night. Town council was unanimous in passing a motion put forward by Councillor Carolyn Davies that called for the moratorium to be put into place. Her motion [...]
Medical officer of health and anti-fluoride groups to square off at upcoming council meeting
CBC News, 20-Jan-2012, Tecumseh/Windsor, Ontario — The medical officer of health is to appear before Tecumseh town council Tuesday to defend the use of fluoride in the town’s drinking water. That’s because two groups are banding together to try to convince Tecumseh town council to petition the Windsor Utilities Commission to stop fluoridating the water [...]
Peel council wants fluoride considered a drug
By: Peter Criscione, Brampton Guardian, 12-Jan-2012 Peel, Ontario — Peel Region’s fluoride debate hasn’t been fully flushed despite a decision last April to keep the substance in the municipality’s drinking water. Councillors passed a motion today urging Health Canada to classify fluoride for drinking water as a drug, and that the substance, used to prevent [...]
Canada’s growing list of communities actively rejecting fluoridation of their drinking water:
The growing list of Canadian communities rejecting fluoride in their drinking water: Okotoks, Alberta – 23-April-2012 Tecumseh, Ontario March 13, 2012 Wynyard, Saskatchewan – March 1, 2012 Amherstburg, Ontario – February 6, 2012 Moncton, New Brunswick – December 19, 2011 Dieppe, New Brunswick – December 12, 2011 Lake Cowichan, British Columbia – November 19, 2011 Williams Lake, British [...]
Letter to the editor regarding UTM weighs in on debate on fluoride
Oakville Beaver, Ontario 28-Dec-2011 — Re: Letter to the editor, Monday, Dec. 23, 2011 UTM weighs in on debate on fluoride. Dr. Sigal, I, too, reside in Halton, and I agree with you that the fluoridation debate is all about the health of the future children of Halton and its communities. Fluoride has the capacity to [...]
ODA seeks stay on municipal election charge
By: Bob Vrbanac, Waterloo Chronicle, 21-Dec-2011 Waterloo, Ontario — A lawyer representing the Ontario Dental Association and two dentists accused of contravening the Ontario Municipal Elections Act during last year’s fluoridation referendum have asked the court to stay the proceedings. Provincial prosecutor Ralph Cotter decided in July to proceed with a charge sworn out by [...]
Moncton city council nixes fluoride in water
CBC News, New Brunswick 20-Dec-2011 — Moncton is joining a growing list of Canadian cities that are getting rid of fluoride in their drinking water which is added to reduce tooth decay. City councillors voted 7 to 4 Monday night to stop the practice of adding fluoride to the city’s tap water. Coun. Paul Pellerin [...]
Controversy over last fall’s referendum on the fluoridation of water in Waterloo, Ontario made its way to court this morning
CTV News Southwestern Ontario (14-Dec-2011, 39 sec.) Region of Waterloo, Ontario — The controversy over last fall’s referendum on the fluoridation of water in Waterloo made its way to court this morning. Charges were filed against the Ontario Dental Association and two dentists under the Ontario (Municipal) Elections Act. It’s alleged they broke the rules by [...]
Fluoride battle outlives referendum
By: Jeff Outhit, Record staff 14-Dec-2011 Waterloo, Ontario — Waterloo’s fluoride debate is more than a year past but a bitter court battle continues as key players square off over a hard-fought referendum. Politicians stopped fluoridating drinking water after residents voted narrowly against it in 2010. Fluoride had been added as a public health measure to prevent [...]
The City of Dieppe now wants fluoride to be removed from its drinking water
CBC News, 13-Dec-2011, Dieppe, New Brunswick – The City of Dieppe now wants fluoride to be removed from its drinking water, reversing a previous decision by city council. Councillors voted five-to-three at a meeting Monday night to ask the City of Moncton to stop adding fluoride to the region’s water supply. Coun. Dave Maltais said [...]
Residents rejecting fluoride in our water
By: Nathan Howes, Oakville Beaver, Ontario 08-Dec-2011 — Get the fluoride out of our water, said a panel of area residents advocating for the end of water fluoridation in Halton Tuesday. The meeting at Oakville Town Hall was organized by Oakvillegreen as a means to give concerned townspeople an opportunity to become informed through questions [...]
Public must brush up on fluoride facts
By: Cindy Mayor, Waterdown, Ontario (Letter to the Editor) Flamborough Review 08-Dec-2011 — I read with concern Dr. Tam’s advertisement in a recent issue of the Review praising the benefits of fluoridated water. Dr. Tam states that “The benefit of fluoride in water is found greatest in developing teeth.” Research over the last 12 years show that [...]
Fluoride issue goes before committee
BY: Christina Commisso, Oakville Beaver, Ontario 04-Oct-2011 — A group of concerned citizens say it’s time for Halton to join a growing list of Canadian communities that have stopped adding fluoride to their municipal water system. The residents were responding to a report presented at last Tuesday’s health and social services meeting that urges the Region [...]
City urged to consider fluoride ban – Compound can harm wildlife as well as humans, says group
By: Beatrice Fantoni, The Windsor Star, 02-Dec-2011 Windsor, Ontario — The Windsor-Essex County Environment Committee voted Thursday to recommend Windsor consider ending fluoridation of its tap water after learning that fluoride can harm wildlife and not just human beings. “It’s something that slipped under the radar,” said Tamara Stomp, deputy mayor of Kingsville, referring to [...]
Peter Ormond of Green TV interviews Cindy Mayor (COF-COF Educator) about water fluoridation.
NewsClipTV.com, Ontario (29-Nov-2011, 12 min. 51 sec.) Peter Ormond of Green TV interviews Cindy Mayor (Educator, Canadians Opposed to Fluoridation ~ Canadiens Opposés à la Fluoration) about municipal water fluoridation’s diminishing prevalence, lack of efficacy, environmental concerns and potential health harms.
Lake Cowichan, British Columbia votes to eliminate fluoride from water
By: Lexi Bainas, Citizen – Postmedia News, Canada.com 25-Nov-2011 — Lake Cowichan voters decided Nov. 19 not to continue fluoridating the town’s water system, ending a practice begun when many current residents were children. Town councillor Tim McGonigle was a major force behind getting the subject onto a ballot and he said Sunday, Nov. 20 [...]
Williams Lake, BC and Lake Cowichan, BC vote seperately to end fluoridation
— British Columbia already has the lowest percentage of fluoridated water throughout Canada’s provinces, with only 3.8% of BC residents having fluoride added to their water by a municipal government. As of November 19, 2011 that percentage dropped significantly when two more towns also moved to end their decades-old practice of fluoridation. Williams Lake, British [...]
COF-COF at Whole Life Expo 2011, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, November 25-27, 2011
Come and visit Canadians Opposed to Fluoridation ~ Canadiens Opposés à la Fluoration (COF-COF) at Booth 99 in Canada’s largest showcase of Natural Health, Alternative Medicine and Green Living. Meet some of the dedicated advocates and volunteers working to end artificial water fluoridation in Canada. Learn about water fluoridation, why it should end, and how [...]
The Council of Canadians is opposed to the fluoridation of drinking water. We are concerned by the health and environmental impacts associated with it.
Unfluoridate It! — November, 2011 Drinking water is fluoridated in Canada, the United States and Australia, but almost nowhere else in the world. Western Europe and Japan have almost no fluoridated water supplies. About 43 percent of Canadians live in communities with fluoridated tap water. The Council of Canadians is opposed to the fluoridation of [...]
Lakeshore removes fluoride from water supply
By: CBC News Canada, 01-Nov-2011 Lakeshore, Ontario — Residents of Lakeshore will no longer find fluoride in their tap water. Town council unanimously decided Monday to stop adding it at the Stoney Point water treatment plant, effective immediately. Mayor Tom Bain says people’s teeth should be fine. “There is no need for any concern. Council [...]
Case against ODA fluoride campaign moving forward
see video CTV News Southwestern Ontario (11-Aug-2011, 1 min. 20 sec.) Region of Waterloo, Ontario — The case against the Ontario Dental Association, charged with breaking election laws ahead of the municipal vote on fluoridation last October, is moving forward. Crown prosecutors and a lawyer for the Ontario Dental Association (ODA) appeared in a Kitchener court [...]
Crown proceeds with case against ODA
By: Bob Vrbanac, Waterloo Chronicle, 13-Jul-2011 Waterloo, Ontario — Provincial prosecutors are proceeding with a charge that the Ontario Dental Association breached the Ontario Municipal Elections Act during last year’s fluoridation referendum. The Crown is looking to confirm the trial dates in Kitchener’s Provincial Offences Court on Aug. 11, after a series of pre-trial motions. “The [...]
Hazmat Crews Respond To Hydrofluorosilicic Acid Spill At Rock Island Water Treatment Plant
WQASD News 8 (24-Mar-2011, 1 min. 30 sec.) Hazmat crews were called to the Rock Island water treatment plant for emergency clean up of the hydrofluorosilicic acid chemical spill leaking from a tanker truck. The chemical was so strong it was burning through the concrete. It’s a highly corrosive chemical that the water treatment plant [...]
Calgary council votes to end fluoridation of municipal water
By: Richard Cuthbertson, Calgary Herald, 08-Feb-2011 Calgary, Alberta — After passionate and sometimes rancorous debate, Calgary city council voted 10-3 Tuesday to eliminate fluoride from the city’s drinking water, rejecting pleas to send the matter to plebiscite or an expert panel. The decision also went against the advice of Alberta Health Services, which has advocated for [...]
Calgary Council Votes Out Fluoridation
class=”alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2804″ /> CTV News Calgary, Alberta (08-Feb-11, 2 min. 45 sec.) Calgary’s drinking water will soon be fluoride-free. City aldermen voted by a margin of 10 to 3 on Tuesday to eliminate fluoridation from its water supply. The issue of whether fluoride should be added to city water had become a divisive topic [...]
Region of Waterloo Council Voted To Turn Fluoridation Off After 50.3% Of Referendum Voters Decided ‘No’ Fluoridation (Hydrofluorosilicic Acid)
CTV News Southwestern Ontario (24-Nov-10, 29 sec.) Region of Waterloo — Council has voted to turn fluoridation off after 50.3% of the referendum voters decided ‘No’ to water fluoridation. The fluoridation (hydrofluorosilicic acid) will be turned off at 12:00 Noon November 29, 2010.
Fluoridation of Water Meets Its Waterloo
By: Tamsin McMahon, National Post, Waterloo, Ontario 16-Nov-2010 — A group trying to remove fluoride from Canada’s water supply said the municipality of Waterloo’s decision on Tuesday to stop using the chemical additive was “ground zero” for its national movement. But the incoming head of the Ontario Dental Association warned the decision sets a dangerous precedent [...]
Waterloo votes no fluoride (ends fluoridation)
By: Bob Vrbanac, Waterloo Chronicle, 26-Oct-2010 Waterloo, Ontario — It won by the thinnest of margins, but Waterloo voters decided to turn off the tap on water fluoridation for the first time since the practice started in 1967. It took until the final two polls for the No side to eke out a victory with 50.3 [...]
Region of Waterloo October 25, 2010 Fluoridation Referendum Results Discussed Moments After Artificial Water Fluoridation Voted Out By Slim Margin
CTV News Sothwestern Ontario (25-Oct-10, 3 min. 10 sec.) Region of Waterloo, Ontario — Robert J. Fleming (Executive Director, WaterlooWatch) and Dr. Harry Hoediono (President Elect, Ontario Dental Association) comment on the Region of Waterloo October 25, 2010 fluoridation referendum results, moments after artificial water fluoridation was voted out by a slim margin.
Charges sworn out against fluoride proponents (ODA)
By: Bob Vrbanac, Waterloo Chronicle, 22-Sep-2010 Waterloo, Ontario — Charges have been sworn out against the Ontario Dental Association and two of its leaders for a potential breach of the Municipal (Elections) Act. Robert Fleming, executive director of WaterlooWatch, swore out charges in front of Justice of the Peace A. Magoulas on Monday at the Provincial Offences [...]
Dangerous Fluoride? Is Fluoride Necessary?
CBS Atlanta News (03-Mar-2010, 3 min. 27 sec.) Featuring Daniel G. Stockin, MPH, Senior Operations Officer of The Lillie Center Inc., Georgia — speaking out about dental fluorosis caused by too much ingestion of fluoride. Stockin says fluoridation is bad science and it’s outdated science. Stockin coordinates the Lillie Center efforts toward ending fluoridation. He is [...]
No fluoride says Thunder Bay’s municipal council
By: tbnewswatch.com, 29-Dec-2009, Thunder Bay, Ontario — Thunder Bay’s municipal drinking water received a great deal of attention this year. Residents began to pay closer attention as a Thunder Bay District Health Unit campaign to put fluoride in the drinking water gained momentum. While numerous health officials championed the idea, putting fluoride into the city’s drinking [...]
Thunder Bay council says no to fluoride
By: Jamie Smith, tbnewswatch.com, 21-Jul-2009, Thunder Bay, Ontario — City council rode a wave of perceived public opinion early Tuesday morning, voting against a resolution to study the fluoridation of Thunder Bay’s water. An option that would have brought the matter before citizens as a plebiscite was also turned down by a vote of 6-5. [...]
Health Canada’s Chief Dental Officer Dr. Peter Cooney insists water fluoridation is best way to reduce cavities?
Thunder Bay, Ontario (20-Jul-2009, 8 min. 51 sec.) Health Canada’s Chief Dental Officer Dr. Peter Cooney insists community water fluoridation is the best way to reduce dental cavities/caries, during a City of Thunder Bay (Ontario) council meeting on July 20th, 2009; under questioning from Thunder Bay Councillor Frank Pullia. But consider this: In 1992 Comox / [...]
Ontario Dental Association and its President Dr. Ira Kirshen push for mandatory water fluoridation in Ontario
Thunder Bay, Ontario (20-Jul-2009, 3 min. 13sec.) Ontario Dental Association President Dr. Ira Kirshen speaks in favour of mandating/mandatory artificial water fluoridation across Ontario, during a City of Thunder Bay (Ontario) council meeting on July 20th 2009; under questioning from Thunder Bay Councillor Mark Bentz. After boldly mandating water fluoridation in southern California, California State’s Proposition 65 [...]
What Happens To Ontario Dentists Who Speak Out Against Water Fluoridation?
Thunder Bay, Ontario (20-Jul-2009, 10 min. 24 sec.) After seemingly trying to side-step this direct question, Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario President Dr. Frank Stechey finally answers what would happen to Ontario dentists who chose to speak out against community water fluoridation; during a City of Thunder Bay (Ontario) Council Meeting on July 20th 2009, under questioning from [...]
Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment – Statement on Drinking Water Fluoridation
Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment – September, 2008 — Statement on drinking water fluoridation 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 [...]
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