Global supply chain disruptions have forced several Maine water districts, including the state’s largest public water supply, to temporarily stop adding cavity-fighting fluoride to local drinking water. In Lewiston and Auburn, storage tanks that usually hold thousands of gallons of their fluoride mixture liquid sit empty. But they aren’t the only ones to fall victim […]
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Welcome to the Fluoride Action Network News Archive. The FAN News Archive serves as an historical repository for fluoride news stories, positive or negative. Since FAN catalogs all news stories on fluoride, our news section remains a reliable database of all published fluoride news.
Our news database is categorized by country, state/province, and industry. This collection of articles is constantly being updated with the most recent global news on fluoride-related issues and events.
Milwaukee Water Works reduces fluoride in drinking water by half due to shortage
Milwaukee Water Works has cut the amount of fluoride it’s adding to drinking water in half due to supply chain constraints as water utilities nationwide have faced a shortage this year.On July 31, Milwaukee’s water utility began reducing the amount of fluorideadded to drinking water from about .6 to .7 milligrams per liter to .3 […]
From Arctic Stone to Aluminum Skies: Cryolite, Philadelphia, and the Geometry of Industrial Power
The recent fixation on Greenland’s mineral wealth presents itself as novel: a 21st century convergence of rare earths, Arctic security, climate anxiety, and geopolitical rivalry. Yet, this attention revisits an older extractive arrangement. Long before critical minerals entered strategic stockpiles and policy architectures, Greenland was already bound into American industrial power through a single, improbable […]
Davie to stop fluoridating water amid war-related supply concerns
Davie County officials say the war in the Middle East played a role in their decision to stop adding fluoride to the local water supply. The county board of commissioners recently approved a resolution to end the practice next month. In an email explaining the decision, County Manager Brian Barnett said there were questions about […]
Inola rancher tests grass near Kentucky aluminum smelter as concerns grow over OK project
INOLA, Okla. — An Inola rancher whose family has raised cattle in the area for generations traveled to Kentucky to collect environmental samples near an aluminum smelter as he searches for answers about what a proposed $4 billion aluminum project could mean for his livelihood. Carl Day told KTUL his family has owned property around […]
Ridgeland Will Resume Fluoridating Water as Board of Aldermen Reverses Course
When Brad Bryan, the chief dental officer at the Mississippi State Department of Health, stood before the Ridgeland, Mississippi, Board of Aldermen on June 16, he had one message: “We really fiercely believe that fluoride is something that helps, especially our children.” The Board voted then unanimously to move to consider the next stage of […]
Drummond files for preliminary injunction to block aluminum smelter
Attorney General Gentner Drummond has filed a motion for preliminary injunction to block construction of the proposed heavy-industrial aluminum smelting complex in Inola. The motion, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, comes ahead of the Aug. 28 expiration of the Town of Inola’s moratorium on new construction at the […]
‘A reason for optimism’: How fighting for community water fluoridation draws support at every level of organized dentistry
Sara Stuefen, D.D.S., a dentist practicing in Iowa and the 10th District trustee of the ADA, detailed how the dental community has come together to advocate for the safety and efficacy of community water fluoridation. In an opinion piece from the Journal of the Michigan Dental Association, Dr. Stuefen explained that once she became aware […]
Enfranchising Fluoride: A Case for Democratic Decision-Making in What We Drink
For years, the addition of fluoride in drinking water has been hailed as a powerful agent for dental health. But the closer you look, the more cracks appear—making the truth that much harder to swallow. This Article is the first to look objectively at the benefits and risks of water fluoridation following Food & Water […]
Milwaukee Water Works reduces fluoride in drinking water by half due to shortage
Milwaukee Water Works has cut the amount of fluoride it’s adding to drinking water in half due to supply chain constraints as water utilities nationwide have faced a shortage this year.On July 31, Milwaukee’s water utility began reducing the amount of fluorideadded to drinking water from about .6 to .7 milligrams per liter to .3 […]