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  • International Bottled Water Assoc. disputes New York Times on children’s cavity rates

    The International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) issued the following statement regarding a March 6, 2012, New York Times article concerning recent increases in children’s cavity rates: “The New York Times article, Preschoolers in Surgery for a Mouthful of Cavities, (March 6, 2012), notes that the causes of increased dental problems in young children vary, from […]

  • In New Jersey, a battle over a fluoridation bill, and the facts

    For all its renown as an engine of pharmaceutical and biotechnology progress, New Jersey has long lagged in what public health officials call one of the 10 biggest health advances of the last century: fluoridating its water. While 72 percent of Americans get their water from public systems that add fluoride, just 14 percent of […]

  • New Study: Fluoride Can Damage the Brain – Avoid Use in Children

    NEW YORK, June 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — “The prolonged ingestion of fluoride may cause significant damage to health and particularly to the nervous system,” concludes a review of studies by researchers Valdez-Jimenez, et al. published in Neurologia (June 2011), reports New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc. (NYSCOF). The research team reports, “It is […]

  • Geneva, York & Stromsburg: Fluoridation Vote on Nov. 4

    Excerpts: York, NE — All voters will see a slew of decisions they have to make Tuesday, when they look at their General Election ballot. Some will have to decide about local issues, such as fluoridation of water, while others will see hotly contested races — depending on where they live. … Voters in Geneva, […]

  • Cuomo to Ban Fracking in New York State, Citing Health Risks

    Note from FAN: Hydrofluoric acid is used in many fracking operations. It is injected deep into the ground to break up shale to release the gas. The news from New York today is an historic decision made in favor of the health and environment of all New Yorkers. ALBANY — The Cuomo administration announced Wednesday […]

  • Fluoride May Damage the Brain, New Report Says

    NEW YORK, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — “It is not clear that the benefits of adding fluoride to drinking water outweigh risks of neurodevelopment or other effects such as dental fluorosis,” according to an Institute for Children’s Environmental Health report. (http://www.iceh.org/pdfs/LDDI/LDDIStatement.pdf) Fluoride chemicals are added to 2/3 of U.S. public water supplies ostensibly to reduce tooth […]

  • Yorkshire: Households in Sheffield have fluoride added to their water

    FLUORIDE is being added to the drinking water of more than 50,000 households in Yorkshire. Around 56,000 homes in the Sheffield area receive supplies mixed with the mineral. The figure, released under the Freedom of Information Act, comes as an official investigation into the pros and cons of mixing Yorkshire’s drinking water with fluoride takes […]

  • York voters say no to fluoridation

    York, NE —The majority of York voters have again said they don’t want fluoride added to the city’s water supply. A total of 1,970 voted for an ordinance that will allow the city to opt out of a state mandate to fluoridate the water. A total of 1,301 said they did not favor the ordinance […]

  • New Menace in Brazil’s ‘Valley of Death’ Strikes at Unborn

    CUBATAO, Brazil, Sept. 19 – The already distressed atmosphere of this city has now become filled with alarm over the discovery of greatly accelerated rates of stillbirths and fetuses with ghastly deformities. One of Latin America’s largest petrochemical centers and one of the most polluted communities on earth, Cubatao rests atop coastal lowlands intersected by […]

  • New York’s Fluoridation Fuss, 50 Years Later

    Dr. Frederick S. McKay in 1952, explaining the benefits of fluoride in drinking water. Credit Bettmann/Corbis In March 1957, as Elvis was buying Graceland and the Soviets were preparing to shock the world with Sputnik, Robert F. Wagner, the famously cautious mayor of New York, was having trouble taking a stand. In two days, the […]