The Lucknow Sentinel, 2014-04-02, Page 3Submitted
Medical officer of health Dr. Hazel Lynn holds up a picture of a
child's teeth. Lynn said water fluoridation prevents tooth decay
and is a safe practice. Others disagree.
Water fluoridation
should be mandated
by province: MOH
Denis Langlois
QMI Agency
The area's medical officer
of health not only wants
Owen Sound to continue
with water fluoridation, she
wants the province to
mandate that all municipal
water systems across Ontario
must contain fluoride.
Dr. Hazel Lynn said most
major public health matters,
including food service
standards at restaurants,
childhood immunizations
and safe water requirements,
are covered by provincial
legislation. Water
fluoridation should be as
well, she said.
"I think it's a really
important issue for our
children's teeth and our
seniors' teeth," she said
Tuesday in an interview.
"The decision (on water
fluoridation) should not be
based on people's opinions,
rather than science."
The Grey Bruce Health
Unit's board of health
recently passed a motion to
support a resolution by the
Simcoe Muskoka District
Health Unit that calls on the
province to amend the Safe
Drinking Water Act to require
community water
fluoridation for all municipal
water systems when source -
water levels are below Health
Canada -recommended
levels.
Some water systems, like
in Huron -Kinloss, contain
naturally occurring fluoride.
The Simcoe Muskoka
motion also asks that the
province provide the funding
and technical support to
municipalities that is
required for community
water fluoridation.
Lynn said the province can
enact legislation based on
the latest scientific
information, which she said
shows that fluoride when
added to drinking water, at
about 0.7 milligrams per
litre, is safe to consume and
is an effective way to prevent
tooth decay.
Owen Sound city council
passed a bylaw recently to
hold a plebiscite, as part of
the Oct. 27 municipal
election, to ask voters if they
support discontinuing water
fluoridation.
Opponents of the practice
say water fluoridation is
outdated, ineffective, poses a
threat to human health and
should not be forced on
people.
Owen Sound has been
adding fluoride to its
drinking water since 1965.
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