A growing list of communities has stopped adding fluoride or drastically cut back on how much of the chemical they are adding to their public water supplies — not because of health concerns — but because they say they can’t buy it due to shortages linked to the Iran war and the Strait of Hormuz […]
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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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Town of Shelby residents could see fluoride removed from drinking water
TOWN OF SHELBY, Wis. (WXOW) – The Town of Shelby is considering changing how much fluoride goes into their water supply. The Town of Shelby Sanitary District Board will discuss the potential termination of fluoride addition to their water system Thursday night. The town has historically added fluoride to their water supply. According to the […]
Hydrogen fluoride: One reason firefighters dread lithium ion battery fires
A friend of mine has been a volunteer firefighter for 48 years. He doesn’t scare easy. He estimates that he’s helped put out 500 fires, running into burning buildings some of the time. That doesn’t faze him either. But last week, after a course on lithium-ion batteries, he was a bit shaken up, as evidenced […]
Chambersburg Board of Health 8/20/2026
Notice is hereby given that the Board of Health will meet on THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. in Council Chambers on the First Floor of the Utility Departments Addition to Borough Hall, 100 S. Second St., Chambersburg, PA. Call meeting to order. Report from the Borough Water Utility about the status of the […]
Higher Drinking-Water Fluoride During Pregnancy May Influence Children’s Cognition
A large U.S. study has found that children whose mothers lived in areas with higher levels of fluoride in public drinking water during pregnancy tended to score lower on tests of fluid cognition, particularly when fluoride concentrations approached or exceeded the level recommended for community water fluoridation. The research, supported by the National Institutes of […]
Could Fluoride From Tap Water During Pregnancy Affect Children’s Thinking? New Study Finds A Link
In a Nutshell Prenatal exposure to fluoride in public tap water was linked to lower scores on brain tests measuring reasoning and learning in children, particularly at concentrations close to the U.S. government’s recommended optimal fluoride level. Children under age 7 showed the largest drops in cognitive scores associated with higher prenatal fluoride exposure compared […]
Study raises new questions about fluoride exposure during pregnancy
A new study is raising questions about fluoride exposure during pregnancy and children’s cognitive development. “This study addresses an important gap by evaluating prenatal water fluoride and child cognition in a large U.S. sample,” said lead author Katrina Simon of the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. “Findings from this work offer evidence that […]
Prenatal exposure to higher water fluoride levels associated with lower child cognition
Pregnant mothers who lived in neighborhoods where public drinking water fluoride levels were near or above the current U.S. recommended levels tended to have children who scored lower on tests of fluid reasoning as fluoride levels increased, according to a new study supported by the National Institutes of Health’s Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes […]
From Manure Pits to Superwarfarins: Rural Toxicology’s Biggest Challenges
From manure pit accidents to cannabis laced with rodenticide, rural hospitals see a wide variety of toxicologyemergencies. In these situations, the ideal diagnostics often aren’t available, and treatments can be in short supply. These challenges make quick thinking and creative supply solutions essential, presenters noted at the ASHP Midyear 2025 Clinical Meeting & Exposition, in […]
Why is tap water in France not treated with fluoride?
For the majority of Americans, drinking water with fluoride in it is a given. Odorless, tasteless and colorless, this compound is added to water to prevent tooth decay. It is up to individual states and localities in the US to decide whether their public water systems will be treated with the compound, but around three […]
