

The debate is back: should "new" Milton's water supply be fluorinated or not?
Let the debate begin.
Local Councillor Colin Best recently posted a question on the Hawthorne Villager Forums asking for opinions on new Milton’s water supply - keep it fluoridated, or go with non-fluoridated water like the rest of the Town whose water comes from the escarpment rather than the “big pipe” from Lake Ontario.
Here is Colin’s post:
I have a poll question for readers who live in newer areas of Milton served by lake water. The Halton region Health & Social Services Committee which I serve on is having a special meeting this Thursday November 13th at 1.30 pm with a item on flouridation of water within the region (check halton.ca click on council, agenda and HSS agenda for 11/13/08 item 3 of the regular agenda report MO-37-08) there is already 11 registered delegations on this item both pro and anti fluoridation speakers concerned about residents health and risks of using and not using fluoride in their tap water.
The pre-2000 residential area of Milton which is served by well water does not have fluoride in it while the rest of the Region urban areas have fluoride.
I want to get your opinions and votes on whether you want fluoride in your tap water or not and your reasons.
Thank you for your input which I will be raising at the meeting which is expected to last until 5 pm when the committee starts its debate on the hospital expansion issue and the proposed moratorium until the Province makes a committment for the approval and funding of the new Oakville hospital and the expansions of the Milton, Burlington and Georgetown hospital to keep up with the growth of the Region.
Colin Best
Local & regional councillor, Milton/Halton
colinbest.ca
As residents of Hawthorne Village (aka “new” Milton), MiltonSearch.com is in the “no” camp for fluoridated water. If you’ve followed this issue at all, there are good points to be made on both sides, but one post on the Hawthorne Villager thread from “kkhan657″ summed it up best:
“From all of the pro-fluoridation sources posted, I am only able to pick out one totally solid benefit of this chemical — and that benefit is that it helps us by enhancing our teeth. The question (after considering the opposing veiws) would be: is your dental health more important than the health of the rest of your body?
From what my dad has always told us, “The less chemicals ingested, the better.” He used to tell us that “they (scientist/ people who do this kind of research) would first heavily promote a certain thing for many years and down the road when the side effects/ health risks become evident, they simply start to oppose it. For them, its just another experiment, meanwhile, the innocent people are left to deal with the issues that came out of the particular chemical.”
MiltonSearch.com encourages you to educate yourself on this matter and be sure to voice your opinion either by posting in the thread started by Colin on the Hawthorne Villager, or by sending Colin an email directly via his website.
Oh yeah, and don’t forget to leave your comments here as well. MiltonSearch.com is also interested in hearing the opinions on this matter and providing a forum in which to do so.
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