Fluoride safety fears rock Sarnia
By Katie Engelhart - Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 12 Comments
Poison or dental saviour? The mayors can’t decide.
For 40 years, the six Ontario municipalities that share the Lambton Area Water Supply System have been debating whether it’s safe to add fluoride to their drinking water. This November, the issue may finally be put to rest.
Like many Canadian water supplies, Lambton began adding fluoride to its water four decades ago as an inexpensive way to ward off tooth decay. But for just as long, some have opposed the practice as unnecessary—and possibly dangerous. “It’s been an issue every year since fluoride was put in in the ’60s,” says Mike Bradley, the mayor of Sarnia, Ont., which shares the water supply. Then, last year, Health Canada poured fuel on the fire with a report saying that adding too much fluoride did have adverse effects, and recommended a decrease in allowed levels.
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Consolation prize
By Aaron Wherry - Wednesday, February 18, 2009 at 2:40 PM - 13 Comments
Stephen Harper, Michael Ignatieff and Michaelle Jean will have their respective time with the American president tomorrow.
As for Jack Layton…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FEBRUARY 18, 2009
LAYTON MEETS WITH MAYOR OF SARNIA
SARNIA, ON – New Democrat Leader Jack Layton will meet with Mike Bradley, mayor of Sarnia on Thursday, the morning after hosting a town hall to listen to the concerns of local families.
“As one of the communities sitting on the Ontario’s border with Michigan, Sarnia is a manufacturing stronghold and it’s hurting,” said Layton. “Mayor Bradley knows this community better than anyone and he knows where stimulus can be used right now.”
Bradley has been Sarnia’s mayor for over 20 years. During this time, he has been a strong voice for Southwestern Ontario, calling on the federal government for help funding infrastructure projects around the region.
