As of December 2021, a total of 81 studies have investigated the relationship between fluoride and human intelligence. Of these investigations, 73 studies have found that elevated fluoride exposure is associated with reduced IQ in humans, while over 60 animal studies have found that fluoride exposure impairs the learning and/or memory capacity of animals. The […]
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.
Battle Ground considers, albeit briefly, dropping fluoride
Battle Ground’s city council discussed calling a halt to adding fluoride to the city’s water system during its Dec. 6 meeting. Deputy Mayor Phillip Johnson first raised the issue at the council’s Nov. 15 meeting. Although the city spends around $32,000 annually to add fluoride to the water supply, Johnson said his concern wasn’t about […]
Alpena City has enough dry fluoride to last until about June
It turns out the Alpena City Council doesn’t need to hurry to make a decision on whether to continue adding dry fluoride into the drinking water system. Due to an issue or issues in the supply chain, the city’s supplier is having a difficult time securing dry fluoride. Council must now decide whether to find […]
New York Statewide Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report (1990-2019)
Excerpts from the Summary Report I. Introduction to the Report This annual report on statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions provides a summary of emissions for the years 1990-2019 and includes information on the relative contribution of each gas and emission source specified in the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act.2 This includes all anthropogenic greenhouse […]
Identification of low fluoride areas using conceptual groundwater flow model and hydrogeochemical system analysis in the aquifer system on the flanks of an active volcano: Mount Meru, Northern Tanzania
Highlights F–-rich NaHCO3 groundwater affects drinking water quality. Groundwater flow conceptual models for different flanks of Mount Meru Magmatic degassing has an influence on the groundwater chemistry. Map showing low F– zones on the flanks of Mount Meru Abstract This study investigates the localities of low and high F– groundwaters in the aquifer system on […]
Srikakulam: Villagers suffer from kidney ailments, high fluoride content in water suspected
Srikakulam: Kottamaradikota village in Meliapatti mandal which hosts a total of 125 families, is facing rampant increase in kidney disease. In the last five years, as many as 14 people, most of them were below 50 years of age, succumbed to chronic kidney disease and around 20 people were diagnosed with the early stages of […]
Ex-BJP MLA forces engineer to drink fluoride water in Rajasthan
KOTA: Former BJP MLA Bhawani Singh Rajawat, irked over supply of fluoride contaminated water in some localities and villages near Kota city, on Monday forced a PHED official to drink this water. Rajawat reached the office and when official Mahesh Jangid hesitated to taste it, the former BJP MLA stepped forward with water bottle in […]
Researcher issues warning to pregnant moms as fluoride returns to Windsor water
Note from the Fluoride Action Network: The Windsor Star removed this article from their website on December 29, 2021, soon after FAN commented on it in a bulletin titled, Will this Star lead the way? The article is also at this archive.org site (the WayBackMachine) as well as on msn.com. With the possibility that the […]
Letter to The Right Honourable Boris Johnson
Best viewed in pdf format 10, Bratwell Road Coleraine Co. Londonderry BT51 4LB Tel: — The Right Honourable Boris Johnson Prime Minister, 10, Downing Street London SW1A 27 December 2021 Dear Prime Minister: Ref: Leading scientific researchers critique the Government’s Water Fluoridation Policy Paper (Health & Care Bill 2021), threat to the developing brain. Further […]
Domestic aluminium industry seeks reduction in basic custom duty on critical raw materials
Association of India has also requested an increase in tariff rate of basic custom duty for aluminium and articles from 10 to 15%. The domestic aluminium industry has sought reduction in basic custom duty and correction in inverted duty structure on critical raw materials, including pet coke, caustic soda, aluminium fluoride and alumina, to encourage […]