As we spend the next year working hard to put the final nails in the coffin for water fluoridation, I wanted to make clear what we’re still up against and the mindset of those individuals who continue to advocate for expansion of the practice despite the overwhelming evidence of harm.  After the federal court ruled that “optimally” fluoridated drinking water poses an unreasonable risk to the health of children, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) put out a stat

This time last year we made a video promising that 2024 would be “one of the most important years in fluoridation history,” but particularly for the fluoride-free movement and for the Fluoride Action Network (FAN). I called it “The Perfect Storm” coming to end water fluoridation.  I think we can all agree that 2024 lived up to those promises in a big way. As you can see from the Google data on searches for “fluoride,” together we’ve awoken the world to the dangers of water f

A Plain Language Summary of the Science in FAN's Landmark Lawsuit On September 24, 2024 Judge Edward Chen issued a landmark federal court ruling that water fluoridation, as practiced in the US, poses an “unreasonable risk” of lowering children’s IQ and ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop regulations that eliminate this risk. The court’s decision was explained in a detailed 80-page Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law. A month before the ruling

• Fluoridation’s effectiveness has declined to almost nothing over the past 50 years • Authoritative review finds less than 4% reduction in tooth decay • Only about “one quarter of a tooth” reduction • Stopping fluoridation is now a “No Brainer”: Confirmed risk of lowering child IQ and no significant benefit to teeth.  What’s the point? The Cochrane Collaboration – highly respected for its independent reviews of health interventions – released its update

TAKE ACTION NOW! Decision-makers and water operators around the country are already taking action in response to last week’s federal court ruling deeming water fluoridation an “unreasonable risk” to the health of children. The ruling provides a very thorough opinion by the federal court, and is based upon extensive scientific research–including a systematic review by the National Toxicology Program–and many hours of expert testimony. Policymakers at the local and state level

The ruling requires the EPA to take regulatory action to eliminate the risk, in a decision that could end the use of water fluoridation chemicals throughout the U.S. After a precedent-setting 7-year legal battle in federal court, an historic ruling by the United States District Court of the Northern District of California has ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to take regulatory action to eliminate the “unreasonable risk” to the health of children posed

History has been made. After 7 years of pursuing legal action against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the risk posed to the developing brain by the practice of water fluoridation, the United States District Court of the Northern District of California has just ruled on behalf of the Fluoride Action Network and the plaintiffs in our precedent-setting court case. A U.S. federal court has now deemed fluoridation an "unreasonable risk" to the health of c

The government review comes as a federal judge is about to rule on whether water fluoridation poses a neurotoxic hazard to human health. A landmark National Toxicology Program (NTP) report on fluoride neurotoxicity has confirmed what experts have long suggested: that fluoride is comparable to lead in its ability to lower IQ in children, according to the Fluoride Action Network. After conducting an 8-year systematic review, which included an unprecedented number of peer reviews a

Compiled by Michael F. Dolan, PhD Further Analysis Confirms Fluoride Exposure Associated With Primary Hypothyroidism In response to a question raised at the recent US federal court trial Food and Water Watch et al. vs. United States Environmental Protection Agency regarding their work on drinking water fluoride and hypothyroidism, scientists at Canadian and U.S. universities have further analyzed their data regarding the duration of residence in fluoridated communities, and ha

Compiled by Michael F. Dolan, PhD Former NTP Director Praises Recent Report on Fluoride’s Prenatal Neurotoxicity Former director of the National Toxicology Program (NTP) and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Dr. Linda Birnbaum, Ph.D, calls a recent US study on the adverse effects of prenatal fluoride exposure valid, adding that “one should not have to ingest” fluoride. The study, “Maternal Urinary Fluoride and Child Neurobehavior at Ag