Every few months, a new fluoride study drops—another twist in a debate that has stretched across generations. Some studies praise fluoride for protecting teeth. Others warn about possible harm to the developing brain. And a few arrive with the promise that this one has finally settled the issue. The latest comes from Robert John Warren […]
News Archive
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.
Our news database is categorized by country, state/province, and industry. This collection of articles is constantly being updated with the most recent global news on fluoride-related issues and events.
NRDC Tells 9th Circ. EPA Would ‘Neuter’ Public TSCA Rights
( November 25, 2025, 2:40 PM EST) — The Natural Resources Defense Council has asked the Ninth Circuit to reject the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency’s narrow reading of citizen enforcement rights under the Toxic… Original article online at: https://www.law360.com/california/articles/2415291/nrdc-tells-9th-circ-epa-would-neuter-public-tsca-rights?about=california
The Sugar Scandal – with Chris Neurath
The powerful sugar industry has spent years downplaying the health impacts of sugar and promoting the use of fluoride in public water supplies. In the news this week, Patti and Doug talk about a new warning on plastic pollution and children’s health, how play sand in Australia has been found to be laced with asbestos, […]
Fluoride and freedom: The social costs of efforts to de-fluoridate Queensland’s public water supplies
The story of how Queensland fought for, but is now losing, its fluoridated water is a fascinating window into the historical anomalies that come with federalism and how complex debates are managed in local councils today. The de-fluoridation of Queensland, so soon after its implementation across most of the state, speaks volumes about the ways in which […]
Southern Utah dentist, state dental association offer fluoride advice following statements from FDA
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration recently updated its stance on ingestible fluoride supplements meant for children, while the Utah Dental Association provided its own advice regarding the supplements. Meanwhile, a local dentist said fluoride use should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. According to a press release from the Utah Dental Association, the FDA […]
Fluoride Proponents Claim New Study Bolsters Safety Claims — Critics Say the Study Doesn’t Hold Water
Several major media outlets — including Scientific American and CNN — on Wednesday published articles promoting a new study concluding that fluoride added to drinking water has no negative effects on cognition and “may actually provide benefit.” In what Sayer Ji called a “fluoride disinformation blitz,” the articles framed the research as countering “claims” by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that […]
New study finds U.S. fluoride exposure linked to better adolescent cognitive performance
A newly published national study of U.S. adolescents reports that childhood exposure to fluoride at levels typical of community water fluoridation is associated with modestly better cognitive performance in secondary school, with no evidence of harm to cognitive functioning in later adulthood. Published Nov. 19, the findings position water fluoridation, a public health measure the ADA […]
New Fluoride Study Challenges Trump Admin Stance
A new study has found that people exposed to the recommended levels of fluoride in drinking water do not experience negative cognitive impacts, which contrasts the studies citied by the Trump administration on the subject. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr has long been an advocate for removing fluoride from drinking water, citing studies that […]
The Fluoride Disinformation Blitz: How the Media Launched a Coordinated Attack on Science and MAHA
Story-at-a-Glance On November 19, 2025, major media outlets simultaneously published nearly identical articles promoting a single study by Warren et al. that purportedly “debunked” concerns about fluoride’s impact on children’s IQ, displaying unprecedented message discipline that suggests coordinated narrative management rather than independent journalism. The Warren study contains critical methodological flaws including ecological exposure measures […]
BBC Editors Blocked Story on Latest Fluoride Science Over ‘Scaremongering’ Concerns, Former Reporter Says
A former BBC health correspondent said editors repeatedly prevented him from reporting on emerging scientific debates over the safety of water fluoridation, dismissing the story as “scaremongering.” Michele Paduano spent three decades reporting for the BBC from the West Midlands, the first region in the U.K. to fluoridate its water supply, in 1964. At a […]