Fundraising UpdateSince Sunday, we’ve raised $2,750 from 21 supporters. With the current $5,000 doubling challenge from one of our “Super Angels” in effect, our new total is $16,425 raised so far from 156 donors towards FAN’s 2025 operating budget.  At the moment there is some concern that we may not raise enough to maintain the unprecedented momentum we've generated going into what is likely to be the most consequential time period this b

Compiled by Michael F. Dolan, PhD Fundraising Update Since Friday, we've raised $1,695 from 21 supporters, bringing our current total to $10,925 from 135 donors towards FAN's 2025 operating budget. THANK YOU ALL! DONATIONS ARE DOUBLED - A long-time and passionate supporter has agreed to double all donations up to the next $5,000! This means your donation will have double the impact over the next few days. How to Make a Tax-Deductible Donation: You can make your

Over the past two months, there's been an unprecedented amount of news coverage about the Fluoride Action Network, our win in federal court, support from mainstream political leaders, and the wave of communities reacting to the ruling by ending or suspending fluoridation. We've been so busy generating news by talking with journalists and helping local and state decision makers take action, that we've been slow in sharing much of this success with you. This is especially true for those of you wh

Since its founding in 2000, the Fluoride Action Network has committed to being a credible, science-based authority on fluoride toxicity and the practice of water fluoridation. We take this commitment very seriously, despite fraudulent claims by the promoters of fluoridation attacking us as “conspiracy theorists” relying on “cherry-picked studies” and “internet misinformation.” This is intended to stifle debate and distract from the science. A quick comparison of the databases and ex

Compiled by Michael F. Dolan, PhD Fundraising Update Since Saturday, we've raised $2,590 from 23 supporters, bringing our current total for our to $6,135 from 77 donors towards FAN's 2025 operating budget goal of $140,000 from 700 donors. THANK YOU ALL! Please help FAN continue to share, promote, archive, and generate fluoridation news and research. Your support makes it possible to send out press releases to educate journalists, to have an email database to keep supporters i

If you could ask representatives of the Centers for Disease Control and Protection (CDC) about the efficacy of fluoridation under oath, what would you ask them? Our lawyers had that opportunity during depositions for our federal court case, and today we will share several new video clips featuring the CDC's Oral Health Director.  FAN's attorneys now have boxes of documents and evidence, as well as hundreds of hours of deposition footage featuring more than 10 different witnesses. These

While the unprecedented media coverage of our lawsuit victory and the wave of communities ending or suspending fluoridation in response is still growing (more on this to come), we did want to provide an update on the impending deadline for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to file an appeal.  On September 24th, the Court issued its Findings of Facts and Conclusions of Law and entered a judgement in favor of the Fluoride Action Network and our co-plaintiffs:  

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

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. Dr. Ladapo has both a medical degree and a PhD in health policy from Harvard and is a professor of medicine at the University of Florida, where his focus is on reducing health risks