Note from Fluoride Action Network: The following advice comes from Boston Children’s Hospital ranked the number one “children’s hospital” by U.S. News and World Report in 2021. Does anyone know how much fluoride the infant will receive from “a dab of fluoride toothpaste” used twice a day? Or how much fluoride the infant will receive […]
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.
Fluoridation news from Iowa
A roundup of legislative and Capitol news items of interest for Wednesday: FLUORIDATION AWARD The Monona Municipal Water Department has been awarded the 2020 Community Water Fluoridation 50-Year Award from the American Dental Association, Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for continuously adjusting and maintaining the amount […]
Contaminated Marijuana Products Sold In Several Michigan Cannabis Dispensaries
Note from Fluoride Action Network: Two highly toxic fluorinated pesticides are mentioned in this article. • Bifenthrin is considered a possible carcinogen, a known endocrine disruptor, and neurotoxin. • Chlorfenapyr attacks the brain and is a known endocrine disruptor. On Friday, the Michigan Marijuana Regulatory Agency issued a voluntary product recall for eight batches of […]
Only two water systems in Pennsylvania receive a 2020 fluoridation award from CDC
LEWISTOWN — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has selected the Municipal Authority of the Borough of Lewistown as one of only two water systems in Pennsylvania to receive the 2020 Water Quality Award. This CDC award recognizes public water systems that adjust the fluoride concentration in drinking water and have achieved an average […]
Fluoridation is about a lot more than teeth by Bill Osmunson, DDS, MPH
I’m a dentist and I oppose water fluoridation. I’m hardly alone. I know many dentists who feel the same but are reluctant to speak out for fear of criticism and controversy. For many years, I supported fluoridation. Like nearly all dentists, I heard mostly good things about it in dental school and the American Dental […]
Bill Osmunson, DDS, MPH: Fluoridation is about a lot more than teeth
By Bill Osmunson, DDS, MPH I’m a dentist and I oppose water fluoridation. I’m hardly alone. I know many dentists who feel the same but are reluctant to speak out for fear of criticism and controversy. For many years, I supported fluoridation. Like nearly all dentists, I heard mostly good things about it in dental […]
70th Human Study Links Fluoride to Babies’ Neurological Damage, Funded by NIH
NEW YORK, Sept. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Fluoride from foods and beverages consumed during pregnancy is associated with lower cognitive neurodevelopment in boy babies, even when fluoride is ingested at recommended levels, report researchers Cantoral et al. in Neurotoxicology (online August 2021) and funded by the US National Institutes of Health, reports New York State Coalition […]
New Filtering Method Promises Safer Drinking Water, Improved Industrial Production
Synthetic polymer membranes mimic the highly selective properties of biological cell membranes A team of scientists at the Tufts University School of Engineering has developed a new filtering technology inspired by biology that could help curb a drinking water-related disease that affects tens of millions of people worldwide and potentially improve environmental remediation, industrial and […]
‘It just didn’t pan out, guys’: Brevard Commissioner announces fluoride won’t return to Mims water
Barring an unexpected change on Friday, Brevard County residents who receive their water from Mims Water on the north end of the county will not have community water fluoridation (CWF) restored. Commissioner Rita Pritchett discussed the topic following the public comment section of Thursday’s zoning meeting, during which several members of the medical community in […]
The Breaking News on Fluoridation and Intelligence Shows Even More Harm. Part 2: An Interview with Paul Connett, Ph.D.
Note: The views and opinions expressed here are those of the author (s) and contributor (s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the publisher and editors of WholeFoods Magazine. Information in this interview is intended for educational and scientific purposes only. It is not intended as medical or nutritional advice for the treatment or prevention […]