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Continued from page 1 Waterioo‘s request to put it off until 2010 made more sense. They also had assurances from pubâ€" lic health staff that fluoridated water is safe to drink and, therefore, there is no immediate urgency for a plebiscite. That, in particular, caused some concern for Robert Fleming of Waterloo Watch and Carole Clinch, the research coâ€"ordinator for People for Safe Drinkâ€" ing Water, who have argued that the debate should be about the most recent science. They said they‘re still waiting to see the scientific support for the health department‘s position, and questioned if it is an unbiased participant in the debate. "With the precautionary principle in mind, it should only take one well conâ€" ducted study inferring a causal relationâ€" ship with the cancerâ€"causing properties of fluoridation to shut it down," said Fleming. That‘s a serious charge, and he said it‘s supported by a study done by the Province of Quebec‘s Ministry of the Environment in 1979. The more than 200â€"page report talks about a link between fluoridation and cancer, which explains why less than five per cent of the water in Quebec is fluoridated. He said that municipalities across Ontario have gone against their health department‘s recommendations and voted to end the practice, most recently in Dryden, Ont., where 87 per cent voted against fluoridation. "To suggest that public health should continue to be the keepers of the secret instills little confidence," said Fleming. "It should be the end of the tradition of opinion and should be the beginning of the tradition of science, and only science, when it comes to Critics push to have fluoride stopped He though it was interesting to see the region acknowledge that fluoridated water was also reaching into portions of Woolwich Township, including Elmira and St. Jacobs, and small portions of Kitchener, which voted against fluoriâ€" dation in a plebiscite held around the same time Waterloo started the practice in 1967. water fluoridation practices." He argues that if the region can‘t guarantee to keep fluoridated water out of communities that don‘t want it, it should turn off the taps and stop adding inorganic hydrofluorosilicic acid to the water. The Waterloo Community Council will meet May 13 to discuss water fluorâ€" idation with the head of the public "I want the tap turned off. And I think we can do it without having a plebiscite." â€" Angela Veith Waterloo city councillor health department, Dr. Liana Nolan, discussing the practice with representaâ€" tives of Waterloo‘s neighbourhood assoâ€" ciations. Fleming and Clinch will also make a presentation with the floor open for questions after. Waterloo Watch and the People for Safe Drinking Water are the only ones calling for an immediate stop to water fluoridation. Waterloo city Coun. Angela Veith also argues that the precautionary prinâ€" ciple should be in play and that the region should stop putting fluoride in the water until the public has its chance to vote on the plebiscite. "I want the tap turned off," said Veith. "And I think we can do it without having a plebiscite. _ â€" "To me it‘s just that simple â€" we shouldn‘t be adding toxic chemicals to our drinking water when it does nothâ€" ing to treat the water. It‘s totally unnecâ€" She also made a motion at last week‘s council meeting that asks for the province and Health Canada to keep the city updated on any new developâ€" ments on fluoridation as the upper levâ€" els of government review the practice of adding the inorganic industrial byprodâ€" uct to drinking water over the next two "This is an issue that is important to me and to many citizens in the City of Waterloo," said Veith. "It‘s a health issue, and we wanted to make sure that the Ministry of the Environment sees this as important enough to study and that the citizens of Waterloo should be informed of any developments. "And if the Ministry of the Environâ€" ment and Health Canada are looking at it perhaps this region and this city should be sitting up and taking a look at Readers‘s Choice Awards Vote online at www.waterloochronicle.ca Volkswagen Waterloo 550 Weber St. N. Waterloo 519â€"884â€"7470 â€" sales@vwwaterloo.com WATERLOO CHRONICLE + Wednesday, April 23, 2008 * 7 2005 BMW R;thoos;:d 110hp, 6 , ABS, electronic cruise, heated seats and grips, on board computer, system side cases and much more. 18k, Graphite grey/silver. Warâ€" ranty to 9/08. St#008036 Sale priced at $15,985 Two ‘05 RTs to choose from.