The town of Amherstburg will hold off on adding fluoride to its drinking water while staff studies the additive. (CBC News)

Amherstburg's water will be fluoride-free a bit longer.

Councillor John Sutton said the town has not been putting fluoride in the water since last April, pending improvements to the treatment system.

Last night, council voted to keep it that way - for now.

Sutton said if there's a great public outcry that people want it, the issue will be re-visited.

"There's certainly wonderful positions on each side," he said. "You try to ascertain what the best course is to take as you're looking at the issue, but I think we're making the right decision at this time."

Sutton said council took the position to determine the best decision for all involved.

"Council took the opportunity to say let's take a moratorium right now discontinue the provision of fluoride in our water until such time as we can ascertain that it's safe to so for our residents," he said. "At the same time, we want to protect our employees as well in terms of their handling of it which I'm confident we are."

The Windsor Utilities Commission is also studying whether to continue adding fluoride to the city's drinking water.