EAU CLAIRE (WQOW) – For this edition of You Ask, We Answer, one viewer is wondering how much it costs the city of Eau Claire to add fluoride to its drinking water? City officials say the 2023 fluoride budget is $48,800. They say that’s pretty typical, though the cost of the mineral has increased with Covid and […]
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.
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Banning PFAS, ban fluorine?
I read with great interest the article in the April 9 edition, “Some states consider banning cosmetics containing PFAS,” A very encouraging report on a new grasp of our situation with toxins. As the article notes, “researchers tested…contained fluorine — an indicator of PFAS.” There it is, identifying fluorine AKA fluoride as a toxin. BBC producer, Christopher […]
Time to find a better way than ‘fluoride for all’
In November, Brigham City residents will have an opportunity to revisit the city’s water fluoridation program, and either vote to continue it, or end it. There is no easy answer as the issue of fluoridated culinary water has plenty of pros and cons, but we believe the time has come to end Brigham City’s practice […]
Dates Set For Second Phase Of Federal Fluoride Trial
NORTH SUTTON, N.H., April 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — After nearly 3 years of delay by the National Toxicology Program (NTP) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) – and only due to legal victories by our attorneys – the federal case against fluoridation is moving forward, reports the Fluoride Action Network (FAN). The start date for the final phase […]
Hazmat crews, Jacksonville firefighters contain battery plant fire, potential dangers
Jacksonville firefighters worked for hours Tuesday to secure a fire at a lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant in Cecil Commerce Center on the Westside. The building, toured in 2016 by then-President Barack Obama, didn’t show signs of flames on the outside but needed to be evacuated for the potential dangers of the hazardous materials. Chief Keith Powers said […]
City continues debate over price, availability of fluoride
The debate over the feasibility of continuing to add fluoride to the City of Petal’s water supply continues, as officials have yet to come to an agreement over where to get the product, or if that measure would make sense given some of the purported pricing. Petal dentist Dr. Barbara Mauldin, who recently supplied the […]
Negative effects of fluoridation continue
Editor: The EPA is being sued for violating the Toxic Substance Control Act. Does this seem backwards? Multiple groups filed the suit based on numerous recent studies that compared pregnant mothers in fluoridated versus non-fluoridated communities. Results demonstrated a significant reduction of IQ in infants. This moves fluoride from the realm of dental issues to […]
Equipment failure causes brief spike in fluoride in Sun Prairie water; no danger to public
Sun Prairie Utilities notified about 9,000 customers earlier this month that an equipment malfunction caused fluoride levels in some city water to exceed state and federal safe drinking water standards but resulted in no immediate danger to public health. The Feb. 23 pump valve failure was discovered during a daily inspection Feb. 24 and resulted […]
Long Awaited Trial Date Set for EPA Fluoride Lawsuit
In a court hearing on Tuesday, the second trial date was set for Jan. 29, 2024, in the ongoing lawsuit (pdf) brought against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by the Fluoride Action Network (FAN) “to prohibit the addition of fluoridation chemicals to drinking water supplies.” The lawsuit that began six years ago has seen many delays and recently revealed (pdf) […]
Second Phase Of Fluoride Lawsuit Set To Begin In January 2024
The U.S. government and plaintiffs have agreed to begin a second phase of the long-delayed fluoride lawsuit in January 2024. On Tuesday Judge Edward Chen, the Fluoride Action Network (FAN), and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency set a date of January 29, 2024 for the second phase of the ongoing fluoride lawsuit. The second phase […]