THREE MORE FLUORIDE WINS: On Monday, December 1, the city council of La Prairie--a suburb on the South Shore of Montreal (population of 20,000)—passed a resolution to end fluoridation after 42 years of adding fluoride to the drinking water. The unanimous council vote comes only weeks after 76% of residents in Richmond, Quebec voted to end fluoridation after three years of debate. The Richmond vote was particularly important because it was the first referendum in Quebec on fluoridation and the first real survey of public opinion. Richmond’s decision appears to have influenced the council in La Prairie in combination with the efforts of local campaigners. These latest victories bring Quebecs fluoridation rate down to just 2.15% of residents. The success in Canada hasn’t been limited to Quebec. Less than a month ago voters in both Prince George (pop. 71,000) and Sparwood, British Columbia voted in non-binding referendums to end fluoridation. The councils in both communities are expected to honor the votes, which should leave only four towns fluoridating drinking water and reduce British Columbia’s fluoridation rate to only 1.48% of residents. We also recently learned of a victory in September when the City Council of Shell Lake in Wisconsin made a unanimous decision to end fluoridation.
Posted on: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 01:13:00 +0000
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