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• Druango: Fluoridation opponent calls it ‘mass medication’

  Jim Forleo is a local chiropractor who has been one of the most vocal opponents of the fluoride added to Durango’s drinking water system. He said the argument boils down to three major points: choice, source and health effects. He pointed to the Federal Drug Administration’s website, which classifies fluoride as a drug. He said […]

• FAN Responds to the EPA’s Decision to Put Children at Risk

  Latest Community Victories Before we get to FAN’s response to the EPA’s recent decision, I’d like to highlight three communities in the U.S. that have recently voted against water fluoridation: Greenfield MA (pop. 18,000): The Greenfield Board of Health heard overwhelming opposition from residents and local organic businesses during two public meetings on fluoridation, ultimately leading the […]

• PFAS: Researchers can track hazardous chemicals from fast-food wrappers in the body

  Research teams from the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s School of Medicine and the University of Notre Dame have developed a new method that enables researchers to radiolabel three forms of perfluorinated and polyfluorinated alkyl substances and track the fate of these chemicals when they enter the body. This is a significant and timely advancement […]

• Call to Gov to Act on Precautionary Principle with Fluoride

  “It was petrol in the 70s and 80s – what’s the equivalent today?” presenter Petra Bagust asked on TV3’s programme The Project, which covered this week’s news about lead exposure lowering IQ by more than 4 points. “The answer is fluoride,” says Mary Byrne, National Coordinator for Fluoride Free NZ. “All of the discussion on […]

• Update from Down Under and the Precautionary Principle with Fluoride

  **MARK YOUR CALENDARS!  The 6th Citizen Conference on Fluoride will be held on September 16-18 in Washington, D.C. (at the same hotel where we held the FAN conference in 2014).  In the coming weeks we will provide additional hotel and registration information.  Stay tuned. ** Paul Connett in Western Australia  In the weeks leading up to election […]

• Confusion from Pro-Fluoride Group

  In a press release last week, the head of pro-fluoride activist group Making Sense of Fluoride, Dan Ryan expressed astonishment that the Royal Society of NZ once supported keeping leaded petrol; Ryan went as far as to deny it. His confusion went further, showing he didn’t understand the difference between a discredited fluoride-IQ NZ study […]

• A Cavity-Fighting Liquid Lets Kids Avoid Dentists’ Drills

  Nobody looks forward to having a cavity drilled and filled by a dentist. Now there’s an alternative: an antimicrobial liquid that can be brushed on cavities to stop tooth decay — painlessly. The liquid is called silver diamine fluoride, or S.D.F. It’s been used for decades in Japan, but it’s been available in the United […]

• PRESS RELEASE: Toxic Waters, Broken Laws

  –  See: FAN’s Full Report Investigation Finds Widespread Failure by Texas Regulators to Notify Residents of Toxic Fluoride Levels LOS ANGELES, CA – Texas water systems with high levels of naturally occurring fluoride failed to warn consumers about the hazards of fluoride-contaminated water for years, in clear violation of the Safe Drinking Water Act. The violations, […]

• ‘No conclusive proof’ of negative effects

  An in-depth review by the Health Research Board (HRB) at the request of the Department of Health has found no definitive evidence that community water fluoridation has negative health effects. The HRB has published the evidence review of existing research in relation to the health effects of community water fluoridation. HRB Chief Executive Dr Graham […]

• Fluorides in the water do more harm than good

  This summer, newspapers in northern Ohio have often reported microcystin contamination in our precious Lake Erie. Microcystin, released by blue-green algae, is a liver toxin. Our water is being monitored. If the microcystin concentrations reach only 0.3 ppb (parts per billion) in our tap water, “Do not drink” warnings will be issued for “pregnant women, […]