CHENEY, Wash. — City leaders in Cheney are starting the process of potentially removing fluoride from the city’s drinking water, citing aging equipment, maintenance challenges and public concerns. The city has been adding fluoride to its drinking water for more than five decades, but notified residents this month that it has begun the required 90-day […]
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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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Fresh calls to add fluoride to Norfolk’s drinking water
County councillors are to tell the government they “strongly support” adding fluoride to the region’s water supply to help combat tooth decay. Prof Derek Ward, the council’s director of public health, said he would like to see the addition of fluoride, which already happens in other parts of the country, to Norfolk’s water. And his […]
Aluminum Fluoride Fire in Aqaba: Did Professional Emergency Response Prevent a Bigger Disaster?
While traveling a few days ago, I came across news of a fire that broke out in storage facilities at an aluminum fluoride plant located in Aqaba’s Southern Industrial Zone.The initial reports were reassuring: Civil Defense teams, police, and other relevant authorities responded swiftly, bringing the blaze under control before carrying out cooling operations and […]
Shelter-in-place order lifted following hazmat incident in southwest Louisville
A “hazardous materials incident” occurred at the Chemours chemical plant on 4200 Camp Ground Road, triggering a brief shelter-in-place order in a half-mile radius, according to a July 17 alert from Louisville Metro Emergency Management. Around 10:30 a.m., the Pleasure Ridge Park Fire District responded to a report of a hydrogen fluoride and hydrofluoric acid […]
Toxic Hydrogen Fluoride Leak Aboard Cargo Ship Halts Port Operations & Disrupts Shipping Traffic At Antwerp
Operations at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges were disrupted after a container carrying hydrogen fluoride leaked aboard an MSC container ship. The leak occurred on the evening of 14 July while the MSC Mia Summer II was berthed at the MSC PSA European Terminal (MPET) at Deurganck Dock in Waasland Port. Belgian authorities activated the Medical […]
How political affiliation can affect dental health may shock you
Caregiver party affiliation may not be linked to the opposition of community water fluoridation or topical fluoride, but it appeared to be associated with childhood vaccine hesitancy, according to a study recently published in Vaccine. The authors believe that no other studies have investigated this association. “Our findings suggest that political affiliation has differential influences […]
High fluoride exposure breaks down brain cell structures in laboratory mice
Exposure to elevated levels of sodium fluoride might impair cognitive abilities by altering how brain cells grow and communicate. A new small study of mice and lab-grown tissues shows that excessive amounts of this chemical disrupt the structural proteins necessary for healthy neural connections. The findings were recently published in the journal Brain Research. Fluoride […]
Water utilities seek fluoride waiver as war disrupts supplies
Brazil’s water and sanitation utilities are facing a shortage of fluoride as a ripple effect of the conflict in Iran and have asked the Ministry of Healthto temporarily suspend the legal requirement to add the chemical to drinking water, a measure intended to prevent tooth decay. According to Abcon (the Brazilian Association of Sanitation Companies), […]
Hazardous materials incident temporarily shuts down Fairview Terminal
The DP World Fairview Container Terminal in Prince Rupert was temporarily evacuated on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, after workers detected a chemical odour traced to two shipping containers containing ammonium bifluoride. According to the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Canada, one worker was taken to the hospital for treatment and later released. A second […]
Celebrating a legacy of water fluoridation and protecting systems for the future
QUICK SUMMARY: In the 25 years since its founding, the CDA Foundation has evolved to address new challenges to oral health access, information and education. Building community water fluoridation infrastructure, combatting misinformation and other initiatives have made a measurable impact on Californians’ health. The need for trusted health information has never felt more urgent. Community water […]