Despite a growing body of scientific evidence raising concerns about early fluoride exposure, the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit claims that fluoride consumption is safe for pregnant women and young children. In contrast, the health unit advises complete abstinence from alcohol during pregnancy on the grounds that alcohol is harmful to developing brains and that there […]
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Welcome to the Fluoride Action Network News Archive. The FAN News Archive serves as an historical repository for fluoride news stories, positive or negative. Since FAN catalogs all news stories on fluoride, our news section remains a reliable database of all published fluoride news.
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Environmentalists Vow To ‘Press Forward’ With HF TSCA Petition Suit
Environmentalists say they plan to “press forward” with their legal challenge to EPA’s denial of their TSCA petition seeking stricter regulation of hydrogen fluoride (HF) just days after the judge overseeing the litigation dismissed their suit because they failed to show they face a sufficient threat from refineries’ use of HF to have standing to […]
NZ Court of Appeal rejects standalone Bill of Rights duty
New Zealand’s Court of Appeal ruled that public decision-makers faced no standalone duty to analyse rights before acting – only the substance of their decisions mattered. In Director-General of Health v New Health New Zealand Incorporated [2026] NZCA 279, delivered on 29 June 2026, a full bench of five judges allowed the Crown’s appeal against a 2023 High Court decision […]
Judge Finds Environmentalists Lack Standing To Sue Over HF TSCA Petition
A federal judge has dismissed environmentalists’ challenge to EPA’s denial of their TSCA petition seeking stricter regulation of hydrogen fluoride (HF), finding the groups failed to show they face a sufficient threat to have standing to bring the litigation — though he offers plaintiffs “one more chance” to address these issues and continue the litigation. […]
Fluoride levels restored in Sarnia and Lambton County drinking water
Lambton Public Health (LPH) says a temporary interruption to water fluoridation has ended. The health unit reported on Monday that fluoride levels in the municipal water supply had returned to optimal levels at the Lambton Area Water Supply System (LAWSS) following completed maintenance on the fluoridation system. “Drinking water remained safe throughout the maintenance period and continues […]
High Court was wrong to find order forcing councils to fluoridate unlawful, appeal finds
The Court of Appeal has ruled the High Court was wrong when it found an order forcing 14 councils to fluoridate was unlawful. The High Court ruled in 2023 that former Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield did not adequately consider the Bill of Rights Act regarding the right to refuse medical treatment, when he […]
Lambton fluoride levels return to normal
Lambton Public Health is reporting the end to a temporary interruption in water fluoridation and said fluoride levels in the municipal water supply have returned to optimal levels. In April, the public health agency reported the water supply system had been undergoing maintenance on the fluoridation system since January. According to the health unit, drinking […]
Letter to the editor: Study finding harm to adolescent bones from combined fluoride and lead can’t be dismissed
DrBicuspid got it right and if anything, understated the strength of a recent study finding that “Combined fluoride and lead exposure reduced bone health in youth.” A letter to the editor claiming the study was “weak science” selectively quotes from the study and misinterprets its findings. The authors of the study emphasized that looking at […]
12 Things Your Dentist Was Trained Not to Tell You
6. Fluoride The largest American study ever conducted on fluoride and tooth decay examined 39,207 children aged five to seventeen, using examiners trained by the National Institute of Dental Research, across fluoridated, non-fluoridated, and partially fluoridated communities. It found no significant difference in the rate of decayed, missing, or filled teeth. It was published in […]
Is Fluoride Added To Tuscaloosa/Northport Water?
It’s been a pretty big topic around Alabama as well as across the USA. What is in our water? Is it bad for us? What can we do about it? How can we find out what exactly is being put into our water? All great questions, and some of them can be answered fairly easily. […]