Attorneys for Food & Water Watch and Fluoride Action Network in a landmark fluoride case today accused the EPA of trying to protect itself, instead of protecting the public. The outcome of the EPA’s appeal of a federal judge’s ruling ordering the agency to address the health risks of water fluoridation will shape federal oversight […]
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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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What happens next after Templeton voters approved $10.8 million for a new school roof?
Voters at Templeton’s special Town Meeting approved eight of the nine articles, turning down only a citizens’ petition regarding the governing authority for fluoridation in the town’s water. Citizens’ petitions Articles 9 and 10 were citizens’ petitions presented by Julie Farrell and 14 others. Article 9 sought a moratorium on fluoridation in the town’s water […]
Advocacy Groups Push 9th Circ. To Uphold Fluoride Ruling
Advocacy groups that convinced a California federal judge to rule that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s “optimal” level for fluoride in drinking water is not protective enough for children, told the… Original article online at: https://www.law360.com/amp/articles/2412175
Pasco City Council votes to end fluoridation in city’s water
UPDATE: Pasco City Council votes 4-2 to discontinue fluoridation in the city’s drinking water. The city will join Kennewick and Richland in keeping fluoride out of the water. The decision comes after council members discussed putting the issue on the November 2026 ballot. PASCO, Wash. – The Pasco City Council will consider whether to continue […]
Fluoride
Odds are you grew up not giving too much thought to fluoride in drinking water to prevent cavities. For 80 years, most American cities have been adding the chemical for healthy teeth. For just as long, dentists have been giving children fluoride drops and tablets. Now the FDA has just restricted the use of ingestible […]
‘Overreach’: Alberta UCP fluoride resolution criticized by experts, opposition
Some Calgarians are worried about the fate of fluoride in the city ahead of provincial government discussions later this month. The United Conservative Party will host its annual general meeting (AGM) in Edmonton from Nov. 28 to 30. It’s a chance for party members to gather and recommend new policies to those in charge, hoping […]
Collector Orders Emergency Measures As Fluorosis, Jaundice Hit Kanigiri Villages
Nellore: District collector P. Rajababu and Kanigiri MLA Mukku Ugra Narasimhareddy visited several villages in Kanigiri mandal on Thursday after reports of fluorosis and jaundice surfaced in the region. The officials reviewed drinking water supply, sanitation, and public health measures, stressing the need for clean surroundings and strict personal hygiene. At Baduguleru village, where nine […]
DOD, Dentists: No Truth to Warren’s Claim that RFK Jr.’s Plan to End Water Fluoridation ‘Threatens Military Readiness’
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) claimed last week in a press release that U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s reported plan to direct the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to stop recommending water fluoridation “threatens military readiness.” Warren, ranking member of the Subcommittee on Personnel for the Senate Armed Services Committee, in May sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Defense […]
Efforts to remove fluoride from drinking water make steady progress amid mainstream headwinds
A growing movement to remove fluoride from public drinking water is gaining steam, fueled by modern research and safety concerns. Adding to the fire is a judge’s order last year that the Environmental Protection Agency must strengthen regulations on fluoride in drinking water – based on what he concluded was scientific evidence of related health […]
Pike County town banishes fluoride from water system
Molena is a town of about 400 people with one flashing traffic light, a yearly Bigfoot festival, and its own municipal water system, housed in a cinderblock building with a dozen-plus filters to remove trace amounts of uranium from the aquifer. Mayor Joyce Corley says it was not uranium but fluoride that drove the Pike […]