Note from the Fluoride Action Network: The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) provides no advice or warnings to pregnant women even though the landmark Mother-Offspring fluoride studies found that increasing fluoride exposure can lead to lower IQ in their offspring. Also, parents of young children are not warned that young children should not swallow their […]
News Archive
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.
Why you should never use mouthwash straight after brushing your teeth
Rinsing can undo some of the protection that toothpaste gives your teeth A dentist has claimed that using mouthwash straight after brushing your teeth undoes the benefits of toothpaste and could lead to tooth decay. In a series of TikTok videos, Anna Peterson, a London-based dentist, explained that rinsing with mouthwash after brushing could remove […]
Why You Shouldn’t Rinse Your Mouth With Water After Brushing Your Teeth
Note from Waste Not: Because the following is outrageous advice, we have labelled it misinformation. There is no mention of pregnant women. Pregnant women need to be warned not to ingest fluoridated water or fluoridated toothpaste. Why? See the Mother-Offspring fluoride studies. Dr Niger Carter, of the UK’s Oral Health Foundation, is mentioned in this […]
Water fluoridation – silver bullet or another nail in the coffin?
Water fluoridation is not the silver bullet many make it out to be and could create more problems than it solves, Julia Botwright argues. In response to a recent water fluoridation article on Dentistry I was prompted to counter question the narrative. As a still practising dental hygienist of some 50 years now, you might […]
Public attitudes to water fluoridation in the North East of England
Abstract: Introduction Local authorities in the North East of England plan to conduct a public consultation on community water fluoridation. Monitoring public opinion is an important consideration. Aims To measure public attitudes in five areas in the North East of England, to determine respondents’ sources of information and their awareness of the current fluoridation status […]
Obituary. Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
Note from Fluoride Action Network Lord Baldwain was one of the great fighters of fluoridation in the UK. He worked with the scientists who produced a review of fluoridation in 2000 (McDonaugh et al, 2000). This report was dubbed the York Review. He not only helped to make this review open and transparent, but protected […]
Growing positivity for water fluoridation on social media
Positivity on the topic of water fluoridation is growing on Twitter where the number of supporters has grown from nil to 19% in five years. By contrast, Facebook is a platform where opposition to water fluoridation has remained constant. These are among the conclusions drawn from a paper1 which compares identical studies analysing social media […]
Growing positivity for water fluoridation in ‘Twittersphere’
Positivity on the topic of water fluoridation is growing on Twitter where the number of supporters has grown from nil to 19% in five years. By contrast, Facebook is a platform where opposition to water fluoridation has remained constant. These are among the conclusions drawn from a paper which compares identical studies analysing social media […]
Water fluoridation – stopping the spread of misinformation
Note from Fluoride Action Network: Incredibly, Cockcroft states below, “There is no evidence of harm and there is regular health monitoring in fluoridated areas…” Wrong on both counts. • The three most recent mother-offspring fluoride studies (Till 2020, Green 2019, Bashash 2017) reported lowered IQ in the offspring, as well as in bottle-fed infants (Till), […]
Childhood caries and hospital admissions in England: a reflection on preventive strategies
Abstract Dental caries is a largely preventable disease, yet the extraction of carious teeth is the most common reason for the hospital admission of children in England. This raises concern over the perceived failure of current preventive strategies. Despite a number of national and local preventive strategies, childhood caries remains most prevalent among the lower […]