Update 7/18/25 – EPA has officially filed their appeal.FAN Attorney Michael Connett commented: EPA filed its appeal in the fluoride case yesterday. In its brief, EPA does not challenge the merits of the Court’s determination that fluoridation poses an unreasonable risk. Instead, EPA challenges various legal aspects of the case. EPA’s Lee Zeldin and AG […]
EPA To Appeal Fluoride Lawsuit on July 18
July 18, 2025
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Call to Retract Paper that Exaggerates Fluoridation Benefits and Ignores Harms
July 21, 2025
Key Points –• Paper by Choi & Simon in JAMA Health Forum misrepresents the current science to produce grossly unreliable and invalid results, warranting its retraction and a warning notice for readers.• The paper uses 50-year-old evidence while claiming to cite the latest evidence on fluoridation benefits and harms.• Stopping fluoridation in the USA will NOT cause a large […]
EPA To Appeal Fluoride Lawsuit on July 18
July 18, 2025
Update 7/18/25 – EPA has officially filed their appeal.FAN Attorney Michael Connett commented: EPA filed its appeal in the fluoride case yesterday. In its brief, EPA does not challenge the merits of the Court’s determination that fluoridation poses an unreasonable risk. Instead, EPA challenges various legal aspects of the case. EPA’s Lee Zeldin and AG […]
FAN Releases “Reasons to End Water Fluoridation: A Science-Based Assessment” Document
July 7, 2025
New from FAN – A resource that elevates the conversation around water fluoridation from advocacy to evidence-based scientific assessment.“Reasons to End Water Fluoridation: A Science-Based Assessment” is a modern, scientifically rigorous resource that reflects the current state of fluoride research and recent legal developments. This comprehensive document features significant enhancements to our original “50 Reasons […]
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Fluoridation Review #43
July 31, 2025
Compiled by Michael F. Dolan, PhDHu and Birnbaum Make Powerful Public Health Statement on FluorideTwo of the leading experts on the health effects of exposure to fluoride–including the former director of the National Toxicology Program (NTP)–have called on their colleagues in the public health profession to form a consensus to protect mothers and infants from […]
FDA Announces it Will Remove Prescription Fluoride Supplements for Children From the Market
May 16, 2025
For the past 25 years, the Fluoride Action Network (FAN) has been warning the public about the harmful effects of fluoride supplements prescribed to children, and we’ve been calling for and petitioning the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to remove these products from the market because they’re unapproved, unsafe, unnecessary, and ineffective. In another monumental victory for our movement, the FDA […]
EPA and CDC Initiate Federal Action on Fluoridation
April 8, 2025
As the practice of water fluoridation currently faces unprecedented opposition and rejection at both the local and state levels following our recent victory in federal court and the publication of the National Toxicology Program’s review of fluoride neurotoxicity, federal officials have now dealt it another major blow. Last night, at a joint press conference held in Salt Lake City at the University of […]
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“We measure risk from total exposure not from one isolated source.” – Bruce Lanphear
January 13, 2025
“You Have To Have A Margin Of Safety” – Fluoride Expert Kathleen Thiessen (Teaser)
January 12, 2025
“No Safe Level Of Fluoride Exposure During Neurodevelopment” – Toxicologist Kathleen Thiessen
January 11, 2025