Montreal area mayors and councillors have decided to end water fluoridation at two West Island drinking water plants, pointing to low human consumption of the drinking water, fluoride’s “corrosive” effects on infrastructure, and the availability of alternative dental health measures.
The decision to halt the fluoridation process at the Pointe-Claire and Dorval water production plants, which were the only ones in Montreal using fluoridation, was made at a Nov. 21 meeting of mayors and councillors representing the Island of Montreal. The decision will leave the city of Saint-Georges in Beauce, south of Quebec City, as the only municipality in Quebec that fluoridates its water, according to a Montreal statement….