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Since the federal district court awarded the Fluoride Action Network (FAN) a victory in our lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at the end of September, a rapidly growing list of communities across the United States, Canada, and New Zealand have responded by either ending or rejecting water fluoridation. This unprecedented wave of victories is far from over, with more than 80 communities currently holding hearings on fluoridation or actively planning to vote on ordinances or resolutions to prohibit the practice in the coming weeks. 

FAN has been the leader in helping hundreds of communities and thousands of local organizers either defeat efforts by pro-fluoridation lobbyists to add harmful chemicals to water supplies or end existing fluoridation schemes. The staff and volunteers at FAN work tirelessly throughout the year to give each and every person around the world the gift of cleaner and safer water, untainted by fluoridation chemicals. Our work has become more urgent with each passing year as a large and growing body of research, much of it government-funded, has exposed the dangers posed to our children, especially with respect to fluoride’s impact on the development of their brains.  

Please consider making a tax-deductible donation today to a charitable cause that will help restore scientific integrity back into public health decisions, protect your water, protect your health, protect our children’s developing brains, and defend your personal freedom to choose whether to ingest fluoride.

Fundraising Update

In the past 24 hours, we’ve raised $14,310 from 45 donors, bringing our total to $74,896 from 392 donors. Thank you all. We’re incredibly grateful for your support for our work in 2025. 


It isn’t over yet! Please help us keep the momentum going until midnight on December 31st. We may not reach our goal of $140,000 to maintain our operating budget for next year, but we’re hopeful that we can get closer before January 1st so we don’t have to make any major cuts. 
 

Maple syrup promo – Remember, anyone who donates $150 or more will still be entered into a random drawing for the remaining 10 pints of pure Vermont maple syrup offered by Jack Crowther.   

How To Make A Tax-Deductible Donation

You can also donate by check, payable and addressed to: 

Fluoride Action Network
PO Box 85
North Sutton, NH 03260

A Growing Wave of Victories

The dominos are falling. Since the court ruling on September 26th, 27 communities, serving water to approximately 1,772,100 people have ended or suspended water fluoridation, including several communities that have indefinitely postponed or rejected proposals to initiate fluoridation.

1) Yorktown and Sommers, New York (pop. 50,000)
2) Davis County, Utah (pop. 300,000)
3) Abilene, Texas (pop. 130,000)
4) Live Oak, Florida (pop. 7,000)
5) Mauston, Wisconsin (pop. 4,100)
6) Mukwonago, Wisconsin (pop. 8,500)
7) Peshtigo, Wisconsin (pop. 3,400)
8) Sheridan, Oregon (pop. 6,500)
9) Clearfield, Pennsylvania (pop. 5,800)
10) Dorval and Pointe-Claire (Montreal), Quebec (pop. 50,000)
11) Evergreen Metro District, Colorado (pop. 10,000)
12) Thermopolis, Wyoming (pop. 2,800)
13) Marshall, Texas (pop. 24,000)
14) Kingston, Ontario (pop. 140,000)
15) Cairns Regional Council, New Zealand (pop. 167,000)
16) Lincoln County, North Carolina (pop. 95,000)
17) Whangarei Council, New Zealand (pop. 97,000)

18) Erwin, Tennessee (pop. 6,000)

19) Woodlawn Utility District, Tennessee (pop. 4,000)

Election Day

A little over a month after the court ruling, three communities held ballot votes on fluoridation. All three voted against the practice. FAN worked closely with a team of citizens and dentists in Hillsboro to defeat a proposal to initiate fluoridation. The effort, assisted by volunteer organizer and FAN board member Rick North, involved a complex grassroots campaign that included yards signs, mailers, brochures, voter pamphlet statements from experts, earned media, and much more.

Lebanon and Sarcoxie were both fluoridated and their votes were to end the practice. Citizen activists in both communities took matters into their own hands to accomplish these victories.

20) Hillsboro, Oregon (pop. 107,000)

21) Lebanon, Oregon (pop. 20,000)

22) Sarcoxie, Missouri (pop. 1,400)

Florida Surgeon General Advises Cities and Towns To End Fluoridation 

Florida’s State Surgeon General, Joseph Ladapo, MD, PhD, held a press conference on Friday, November 22nd to announce that his office is advising all communities within the state to stop adding fluoridation chemicals to the public drinking water due to the neurotoxic risk the practice poses to the developing brain. He was joined at the press conference by Florida dentist Claire Stagg, DDS, MS, and Ashley Malin, PhD, an assistant professor in the department of epidemiology at the University of Florida’s College of Public Health. Dr. Malin was the lead author of a study published in May in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) that found that children of mothers living in fluoridated Los Angeles, California had double the odds of several neurobehavioral problems compared to mothers with lower fluoride exposures.

Since their announcement a month ago, five communities have ended or suspended fluoridation, with many more lining up to take action:

23) Naples, Florida (4-3 vote) (20,000)

24) Winter Haven, Florida (pop. 57,000)

25) Stuart, Florida (pop. 19,500)

26) Tavares, Florida (pop. 21,000)

27) Port Lucia, Florida (pop. 245,000)

More communities in Florida are starting to debate whether to end the practice, including:

–Florida Keys, Florida

–Fort Pierce, Florida

–St. Lucie West, Florida

–Tallahassee, Florida

–Bartow, Florida

Click on the photo below to read FAN’s bulletin on Dr. Ladapo’s fluoridation advisory to Florida communities:

An additional 80+ communities from around the U.S., Canada, and New Zealand are currently debating ending fluoridation for tens of millions of citizens. Some of these communities include:

–DeForest, Wisconsin

–Wausau, Wisconsin

–Tomahawk, Wisconsin

–Rolla, Missouri

–Swift Current, Saskatchewan

–Belmont, California

–Crowley, Louisiana

–Waipa, New Zealand

–Lynden, Washington

–Albany, New York

–Fort Collins, Colorado

…and many more, including several of the largest water districts in the country that we can’t list for strategic purposes.

Please help FAN take advantage of our momentum and keep the dominos falling in our favor. 

Thank you for your support.