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Introducing the FAN Study Tracker
The Fluoride Action Network is excited to announce the launch of the FAN Study Tracker, the most up-to-date and comprehensive source for fluoride health research, including studies investigating how fluoride affects the brain (e.g., IQ scores), the bones/joints (e.g., arthritis), the cardiovascular system, the kidneys, and the thyroid gland. Features of the Study-Tracker include: Over 1,500 […]
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FAN to Release Industry’s Hidden Fluoride Files
Over the past few months, Michael Connett, FAN’s Special Projects Director, has been actively working on several big projects that are nearing completion and which we are very excited about. In this bulletin, Michael describes one of these projects, and tomorrow, he’ll describe several more. The Secret History of Fluoride “Science” In October of this […]
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Introducing The Naked Calendar (2014)
Purchase The Naked Calender! The campaign to end fluoridation in Ireland is quickly becoming one of the most exciting fluoride campaigns in the world. Led by the positive creativity of Aisling Fitzgibbon (aka “The Girl Against Fluoride“), the Irish campaign has generated an unprecedented level of public interest and support, and what once seemed impossible (ending […]
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Israel Will End Fluoridation in 2014, Citing Health Concerns
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this press release incorrectly stated that the 1974 regulation mandated fluoridation. The 1974 regulation permitted fluoridation, but did not mandate it. It was not until 1998 that Israel mandated fluoridation. According to a recent opinion from Israel’s Supreme Court, both laws have been revoked by a new regulation passed by […]
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Portland Uses Science & Integrity to Defeat Fluoridation
Portland, Oregon — A broad coalition of Portlanders have resoundingly rejected adding fluoridation chemicals to the city’s water supply. By a 61% to 39% margin, Portland voters agreed with the positon of most western nations that there are safer, more effective, and less intrusive ways to promote oral health than adding a chemical linked to thyroid disease, […]
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Industry-backed bill protects pesticide profits over children’s health
Dow AgroSciences, one of the nation’s largest pesticide makers, along with various food companies, have persuaded several members of Congress to endorse a bill that directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reverse a proposed phaseout of sulfuryl fluoride, a highly toxic food fumigant and potent greenhouse gas. If passed, the bill would make the […]
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Ed Begley Jr, Film Star & Environmental Advocate, Calls for End to Fluoridation
In FAN’s continuing effort to provide new educational tools about the hazards of water fluoridation, we are excited to announce two public service announcements (PSAs) we have made with film and TV star Ed Begley Jr. Ed has long been known for both his acting skills and commitment to a healthy environment. He has recently […]
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10 Facts About Fluoride
Watch FAN’s New Video discussing these facts Download the Flyer! Fact #1: Most Developed Countries Do Not Fluoridate Their Water In the United States, health authorities call fluoridation “one of the top 10 public health achievements of the 20th century.” Few other countries share this view. In fact, more people drink artificially fluoridated water in […]
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Harvard Scientist Criticizes Wichita Paper’s Whitewash of Fluoride/IQ Study
Dr. Philippe Grandjean, the senior scientist on the Harvard team, has criticized the Wichita Eagle for deceptively attributing its own conclusions on fluoridation to the Harvard scientists. Fluoridation’s potential to produce “chemical brain drain,” Grandjean writes, is an issue that “definitely deserves concern.”
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Wichita Rejects Fluoridation
It is with great excitement and satisfaction that FAN can report that the people of Wichita, Kansas–the second largest non-fluoridated city in the U.S.–resoundingly rejected water fluoridation on election day, just like they did in 1968 and 1978. The vote wasn’t even close, with a margin of 60% opposed to fluoridation to 40% in favor. The decision […]