Articles

Read the latest FAN-authored content on fluoride news and views.

Major UK Fluoridation Study Finds Much Smaller Benefits And Much Higher Costs Than Prior Claims

The final published report of a large 10-year fluoridation study in the northwest of England, called the CATFISH study, has concluded that fluoridation’s effects on tooth decay in children are “very modest” and “much smaller than previous studies have reported” [Goodwin 2022].  In England, this long-awaited study was funded by the fluoridation-promoting national health authorities […]