Hi folks,

 

Last week, the Ontario Ministry of Environment granted a citizens' petition under the Environmental Bill of Rights to address the legislative conflict between the addition of federally regulated Schedule 1 toxins to drinking and source waters via water fluoridation with HFSA, and the various laws that forbid the addition of such toxins ("dilution is no defence").

 

The MOE admitted that it was aware of the conflict and will resolve it by 2010 in conjunction with other agencies including Health Canada.

 

This means that the law will be enforced one way or another - either a whole bunch of  new and scientifically based environmental laws will be rewritten to allow the addition of Schedule 1 toxins (which has happened in Australia with its preposterous 15 mg/L MAC) or the old Fluoridation Act will be revoked.

 

It is a terrific day for democracy when the Ontario Ministry of the Environment agrees that it is time to stop pretending that Public Health's good intentions, or a community's "democratic vote", can transform fluoridation chemicals from Schedule 1 toxins (persistent, biologically toxic, accumulative, environmentally hazardous) illegal to add to drinking water, into magic tooth medicine with no downstream consequences.

 

Aliss