Chevening fellow Suphiya Khan, a Chevening fellow, makes a great fit at Banasthali Vidyapith, India. The associate professor in the department of bioscience and biotechnology has received various awards for her work as a woman in STEM. Her vision is to reverse water scarcity caused by pollution. Fluoride contamination is a crisis that not only […]
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.
Shhh… CDC Lowered the Recommended Fluoride Levels for Drinking Water… Pass it On
Does Your Water Department Know? Does the EPA Know? For years, the question of bad health resulting from fluoride has been dismissed as wild-eyed “conspiracy theories”. In fact, studies have been around for some time indicating that fluoride can have adverse health effects. When you find out what they are via this article, and when […]
Fluoridation Statement: Welcomed By Professionals, Opposed By Sceptics
A statement issued by all four of the UK’s Chief Medical Officers yesterday, has publicly highlighted the benefits of water fluoridation in reducing dental caries. The ‘Statement on water fluoridation from the UK Chief Medical Officers’ issued by the Department of Health, prompted The Times to declare “Millions of people across the country will soon […]
Is it safe to drink tap water?
According to three British scientists (Vyvyan Howard, Spedding Micklem and Paul Connett) who have followed the debate closely for many years, “This is not a good time for the British government to mislead the public on the dangers posed by the practice of water fluoridation.” They point to a recent statement from the four Chief […]
Monona Municipal Water Department receives 50 Year Water Fluoridation Award
The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced today that Monona Municipal Water Department has been awarded the 2020 Community Water Fluoridation 50 Year Award from the American Dental Association (ADA), Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors (ASTDD), and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for continuously adjusting and maintaining the amount of […]
Return of water fluoridation popular among Calgarians: poll
‘It’s a popular measure with Calgary voters. The plebiscite should pass by a very healthy margin, with support three to one over opposition’ Calgarians appear poised to widely embrace returning fluoride to the city’s drinking water in a plebiscite next month, suggests a recent poll. The ThinkHQ Public Affairs online poll conducted among 1,109 people […]
Boston Hospital recommends fluoride “Once your baby cuts their first tooth”
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 […]
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 […]
The UK is adding fluoride to water – but what effect will it have? By Damien Walmsley and Alexander John Morris.
Note from Fluoride Action Network: The original article was authored by Amanda Mascarelli, Health + Medicine Editor, of The Conservation. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. It was slightly rearranged by Damien Walmsley, Professor of Restorative Dentistry, University of Birmingham, and Alexander John Morris, Senior Lecturer in Dental Public […]
The UK is adding fluoride to water – but what effect will it have? By Amanda Mascarelli.
Note from Fluoride Action Network: We’ve added this disgraceful article to our relatively new category, “misinformation.” The author, a “Health + Medicine” editor for The Conservation, did nothing to understand the risks involved with fluoridation. The Mother-Offspring fluoride studies jolted many, but not the media, into an awareness that the fetus and the formula-fed infant […]