Canada - Council is considering removing fluoride from drinking water
Published on December 11, 2012
Topics : Canada , St. Lawrence River
City council is considering removing fluoride from our drinking water, after a vote doing just that was deferred for the time being Monday night.
City councillors want Eastern Ontario Health Unit medical officer of health Dr. Paul Roumeliotis to return to city hall and provide more information on hydrofluorosilicic acid - the compound that is used by the city as the source of fluoride in drinking water.
Councillors Glen Grant and David Murphy put forward a motion Monday night that outlined removing the fluroride from our water.
But the majority of councillors weren't ready to make that move without more information from Roumeliotis on the dangers of the acid. The doctor and Canada's top dentist were at city hall weeks ago to advocate for the continued use of fluoride.
"We already listened to his presentation and absorbed all that information," said Grant, who spoke recently with a retired municipal worker who used to handle to corrosive hydrofluorosilicic acid. "He said if you could do something for the worker in that building, get rid of that acid."
Topics : Canada , St. Lawrence River
City council is considering removing fluoride from our drinking water, after a vote doing just that was deferred for the time being Monday night.
City councillors want Eastern Ontario Health Unit medical officer of health Dr. Paul Roumeliotis to return to city hall and provide more information on hydrofluorosilicic acid - the compound that is used by the city as the source of fluoride in drinking water.
Councillors Glen Grant and David Murphy put forward a motion Monday night that outlined removing the fluroride from our water.
But the majority of councillors weren't ready to make that move without more information from Roumeliotis on the dangers of the acid. The doctor and Canada's top dentist were at city hall weeks ago to advocate for the continued use of fluoride.
"We already listened to his presentation and absorbed all that information," said Grant, who spoke recently with a retired municipal worker who used to handle to corrosive hydrofluorosilicic acid. "He said if you could do something for the worker in that building, get rid of that acid."
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