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Fluoride in Drinking Water - Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality for Public Consultation
The online consultation is now closed. Comments and suggestions received during the public consultation period are being considered in the finalization of this document. The final report will be made available as soon as possible.
This Guideline Technical Document is a review and update of the 1996 document and guideline. The process used to establish each guideline includes internal reviews, an external peer review, Federal/Provincial/Territorial approval processes, as well as a public consultation through the Health Canada website. In the case of fluoride, development of the guideline also included an expert panel that was convened by Health Canada to provide advice and recommendations on the scientific studies and approaches that should be included in our Guideline Technical Document. The panel of experts met in January, 2007, and their advice was posted on our website in June, 2008.
The Federal-Provincial-Territorial Committee on Drinking Water (CDW) has assessed the available information on fluoride with the intent of revising the current drinking water guideline. The purpose of this consultation is to solicit comments on the proposed Maximum Acceptable Concentration on the approach used for the development of the guideline and to determine the availability of additional exposure data. The purpose of the consultation is to solicit comments on the risk assessment conducted, not on the fluoridation of drinking water supplies, which is a decision typically made by municipalities, in consultation with the provincial or territorial government.
This Guideline Technical Document on fluoride in drinking water will be revised following evaluation of relevant comments received, and a drinking water guideline will be established, if required. This document should be considered as a draft for comment only.
How to Get Involved
This consultation is open for comment starting September 18, 2009 until November 27, 2009. Please select and read through the link below titled "consultation document". Once read, please submit your comments via email or by mail. Please be sure to include the title of the consultation document on which you are commenting.
CDW Secretariat
Water, Air and Climate Change Bureau, Health Canada
3rd Floor, 269 Laurier Avenue West
Address Locator. 4903D
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0K9.
Interested parties are encouraged to provide comments and suggestions by November 27, 2009.
Reporting to Canadians
Health Canada will make the results of this consultation available on this Web site.
If you have any questions, contact us at water_eau@hc-sc.gc.ca
