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Investigation Finds Widespread Failure by Texas Regulators to Notify Residents of Toxic Fluoride Levels
Texas water systems with high levels of naturally occurring fluoride failed to warn consumers about the hazards of fluoride-contaminated water for years, in clear violation of the Safe Drinking Water Act. The violations, revealed in a five-month investigation by the Fluoride Action Network (FAN), resulted from systematic failures at the local, state, and federal levels, […]
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Conversation with EPA Outreach Specialist on Fluoride SMCL Requirements
The following is a transcript of Michael Connett’s conversation with Joey Navarro, EPA Outreach Specialist, on June 17, 2016. For further information about FAN’s investigation on this issue, see our report “Toxic Waters, Broken Laws.” Q: I have a question about fluoride in the drinking water. A: Ok. Q: I was wondering what the requirements are […]
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Taking Medicaid From the Poor to Fund Fluoridation
By Ellen Connett (Managing Director) & Carol Kopf (Media Director) A very concerning development has occurred in New York State which we suspect may become a toxic blueprint for other states: New York has approved the use of scarce Medicaid dollars for fluoridation programs in a dangerously misguided attempt to provide low-income communities with “dental […]
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2015 New York Law 1100-A – Fluoridation
PBH – Public Health Article 11 – PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES; SEWERAGE AND SEWAGE CONTROL Title 1 – (1100 – 1109) POTABLE WATERS 1100-A – Fluoridation. Universal Citation: NY Pub Health L § 1100-A (2015) 1100-a. Fluoridation. 1. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, rule, regulation or code, any county, city, town or village that […]
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Two Big Victories & A Major Press Release
Two Big Victories This week there were two major victories against fluoridation in the U.S. The first was in Newport, Oregon, where residents voted 64% to 36% to overwhelmingly reject the introduction of fluoride chemicals into the public drinking water. This vote was the first dealing with fluoridation in Oregon since Portland’s landmark vote defeating […]
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FAN Investigation Reveals Pharmacies are Breaking Federal & State Laws
In only 48-hours over 6,700 supporters have signed our petition to the FDA demanding they prohibit companies, including the nation’s largest pharmacies, from selling unapproved fluoride drugs. Can we collect 3,200 more signatures within the next 24-hours to get to 10,000? With your help I’m confident we can. If you haven’t already done so, please […]
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New Video Announcing Campaign to Ban (Unapproved) Fluoride Drugs
The Fluoride Action Network has teamed up with Dr. Joseph Mercola and Mercola.com to bring you Fluoride Awareness Week. Throughout the week, Dr. Mercola will be publishing articles discussing the risks associated with fluoride and the need for ending fluoridation worldwide. Dr. Mercola kicked off Awareness week with a new 26-minute video interview with FAN’s […]
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New Zealand Threatened With Fluoridation Mandate
*Special request: Are you a school nurse or employee who has the responsibility of dispensing fluoride supplements to students? If you are, and live in the U.S., please email: personal@fluoridealert.org New Zealand Health Minister Jonathan Coleman will introduce a bill later this year that will shift responsibility and decision making from the local councils to the […]
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Statutory Role of Regulatory Agencies on Water Fluoridation: Email from EPA’s Steven Neugeboren to Jill Jennings-McElheney
From: Steven Neugeboren, Associate General Counsel, Water Law Office, U.S Environmental Protection Agency, Washington D.C. To: Jill Jennings-McElheney of Georgia. Jill is a victim of water poisoning which included two of her pregnancies. Her son is a childhood cancer survivor of that water poisoning. She is a Children’s Environmental Health Educator and Victims’ Rights Advocate including the […]
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Over 2 million New Yorkers are being targeted for new water fluoridation schemes.
These are the areas targeted for fluoridation. There was a secret proposal to use New York State Medicaid funds to pay for it, but it appears that the NYS Department of Health will pay for this scheme. See $10 million allocated for fluoridation in NYS 2015-2016 budget. Area County Population Long Island Nassau & Suffolk […]