Canada - Windsor should stop fluoridation like other cities
Re: No need for fluoridation, Doctor Game column, by Dr. W. Gifford-Jones, Oct. 4.
Dr. Gifford-Jones provides excellent insight into the dangers of consuming fluoride – everything from fluorosis and lowered IQ to the accidental fatal poisoning of a three-year-old during his first dental visit.
But against the backdrop of all these health concerns are pieces of legislation that should alarm Windsor’s decision-makers. They include:
• The Canadian Environmental Protection Act, which classifies the fluoridation product we use (H2SiF6) as a man-made, bio-accumulative and persistent toxin.
• Ontario’s Safe Drinking Water Act of 2002, which states, “Dilution is no defense for adding a contaminant to drinking water.”
• The federal Hazardous Waste Act, which prohibits disposal of H2SiF6 anywhere in the environment. Yet, every time we water our lawns, it happens.
• Canada’s Species At Risk Act, which sets raw water fluoride limits at 0.12 ppm. According to Windsor Utilities, the intake level of fluoride from the Detroit River is 0.15 ppm.
There also exists a state of non-compliance with National Sanitation Foundation regulatory statute “Standard 60,” to which Windsor Utilities is subject.
The statute requires a “toxicology review” to ensure fluoride-delivery agents are safe. The problem? No such review exists for H2SiF6.
So, in addition to growing evidence that artificial water fluoridation poses harm, the protocols designed to ensure public safety have been, and continue to be, completely ignored.
More than a dozen municipalities have recently stopped fluoridation in Ontario. It’s time for Windsor to follow suit.
DONNA MAYNE, Windsor
Dr. Gifford-Jones provides excellent insight into the dangers of consuming fluoride – everything from fluorosis and lowered IQ to the accidental fatal poisoning of a three-year-old during his first dental visit.
But against the backdrop of all these health concerns are pieces of legislation that should alarm Windsor’s decision-makers. They include:
• The Canadian Environmental Protection Act, which classifies the fluoridation product we use (H2SiF6) as a man-made, bio-accumulative and persistent toxin.
• Ontario’s Safe Drinking Water Act of 2002, which states, “Dilution is no defense for adding a contaminant to drinking water.”
• The federal Hazardous Waste Act, which prohibits disposal of H2SiF6 anywhere in the environment. Yet, every time we water our lawns, it happens.
• Canada’s Species At Risk Act, which sets raw water fluoride limits at 0.12 ppm. According to Windsor Utilities, the intake level of fluoride from the Detroit River is 0.15 ppm.
There also exists a state of non-compliance with National Sanitation Foundation regulatory statute “Standard 60,” to which Windsor Utilities is subject.
The statute requires a “toxicology review” to ensure fluoride-delivery agents are safe. The problem? No such review exists for H2SiF6.
So, in addition to growing evidence that artificial water fluoridation poses harm, the protocols designed to ensure public safety have been, and continue to be, completely ignored.
More than a dozen municipalities have recently stopped fluoridation in Ontario. It’s time for Windsor to follow suit.
DONNA MAYNE, Windsor
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