But amid deluges of hundreds of e-mails and calls from across North America on the divisive issue last week, as well as criticism from the mayor, council decided a Jan. 26 hearing will let experts and residents hash out the debate that mixes health, science and ethics.
As they embraced the idea of a hearing, many aldermen expressed their determination to remove the additive from city water -- a juxtaposition Ald. Gael MacLeod found upsetting.
"What is the point of . . . having a debate if no one is listening?" she asked in council.
"The purpose of having a public hearing is to become informed, and what I hear is a lot of council members saying they have the information they want," MacLeod told the Herald later.
"I don't hear much of anything that sounds like people are open to changing their minds or to getting more information."
MacLeod said last week she's unsure on her stance.
Ald. Jim Stevenson offered a rebuttal to MacLeod, but at the same time signalled he has never been swayed by the medical establishment's steady support of fluoride in water to prevent tooth decay.
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Stumble It!
Tell me they don't know what they are doing? They put it there for a purpose, and it has nothing to do with teeth! IN fact, it destroys the enamel in teeth like an acid. Many suspect that it is also a cancer causing agent.
The people who promote Fluoride are sick and demented and should be taken to court and sued.