Regina’s city council voted 7 to 3 to reject a proposal to postpone the addition of fluoride to the city’s water supply in 2026.
The decision to add fluoride to Regina’s water was approved in 2021. However, implementation was delayed until upgrades were completed on the Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant. That project is scheduled to be complete by the end of the year with the introduction of fluoride set for January 2026.
City Coun. Clark Bezo introduced a motion on March 5 to postpone adding fluoride to the water supply until there is “conclusive evidence” that fluoride has “no significant neurotoxic effects or other bodily harms.”…