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Sad News (Spedding Micklem 1933–2021)
We regret to inform you that our dear friend and colleague Spedding Micklem has passed away from the cancer he has fought for many years. During that time he helped individuals and communities all over the world fight fluoridation. He lived long enough to celebrate his 88th birthday with his family. According to his widow Dammy, […]
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Nature Publishes Fluoridation Article
“…toxicologists worry that dental-health gains have come at a cost.” One of the world’s most important scientific journals has published a special news feature on water fluoridation, focusing on the Fluoride Action Network’s federal court case against the U.S. EPA and quoting our legal counsel along with several accomplished neurotoxicity researchers. It’s a well-balanced piece that we […]
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Fluoridation Weekly Review #2, November 8, 2021
-Compiled and edited by Mike Dolan, PhD Enamel-producing cells disrupted by as little as 0.2 parts per million fluoride Exposure to a sodium fluoride solution of just 0.2 parts per million (ppm) has been found to disrupt the internal calcium-signaling functions of cells that produce enamel, according to a report from the New York University […]
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Fluoridation Weekly Review # 1
This week we start a new feature for FAN – Fluoridation Weekly Review, compiled by Mike Dolan, PhD. It will include news from the recent scientific literature and historical material from the fluoridation archives. Since being recruited to the fight to repeal fluoridation by Paul Connett at Clark University in Worcester, MA twenty years ago, Mike […]
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British Scientists Slam UK Fluoridation Plans; Accuse CMOs of Ignoring Science
This week, the UK government announced plans to mandate fluoridation of public water supplies. A statement was made by the United Kingdom’s Chief Medical Officers – from England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland — endorsing the practice. This will be accomplished using the Health and Care Bill currently being considered by members of parliament, and […]
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Spedding’s Response To Your Letters
I’d like to thank all those kind people for their good wishes. It has been a wonderful experience to feel this swell of support from so many. Reading all these responses, it is impressive to realise what a huge variety of individuals belong to our big family of anti-fluoridation activists. My illness is the most […]
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New Canadian Campaign Launches As Calgary Vote Approaches
The city of Calgary, Alberta is less than four weeks away from an October 18th plebiscite vote deciding whether to re-introduce fluoridation chemicals — in this case fluorosilicic acid — into the public water supply of over 1.3 million residents. This is the seventh time the issue has been put to a vote since the […]
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Thank You Spedding!
Spedding Micklem, PhD, was my terrific co-author of The Case Against Fluoride (Chelsea Green, 2010), along with James Beck, MD, PhD. Spedding is a Professor Emeritus in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. Today, Spedding is seriously ill. On behalf of all of us at the Fluoride Action Network I wish […]
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Court Reschedules Status Hearing for January 2022
I have two updates as a follow-up to the bulletin I sent out earlier this week. First, after encountering technical issues with our web hosting service and being down for a week, our website – www.FluorideAlert.org – is back online and secure. Despite our team responding quickly and our web host making corrections early on, there was a […]
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Nutrition for healthy term infants: Recommendations from birth to six months
Excerpt: “Municipal tap water and commercially bottled water (except carbonated or mineral waters) are suitable for preparing powdered or concentrated infant formulas. There is no indication for the use of distilled water. “Concentrated liquid or powdered infant formula can be reconstituted with fluoridated tap water. However, if the families are located in an area with […]