With a couple of computer clicks in the control room of the A.H. Weeks Water Treatment Plant in East Windsor, a half-century of adding fluoride to the city’s water supply to fight cavities ended Monday afternoon.
“Out of Service” blinked in red on a digital screen as Wayne White, production supervisor with the Enwin water division, stopped the flow of hydrofluorosilicic acid into the water system.
Within days, the last remnants of fluoride should be removed from the tap water in Windsor, LaSalle and Tecumseh, city water officials said.
A majority of city council in January voted to remove the preventative chemical following a marathon special meeting in January that had the local medical officer of health and the head of the local and provincial dental societies lobbying against ending the practice. On Monday, the Windsor Utilities Commission was notified by provincial environmental authorities that the necessary operating licence amendment had been approved.
More to come.
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