Note from Fluoride Action Network We share this information from the California Dental Association. It was surprising to read that no mention was made of the following, and that no warnings were recommended for pregnant woman: (1) 63 IQ studies reporting an association of fluoride exposure with reduced IQ levels in children; (2) the new […]
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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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The FDA Knew the Bottled Water Was Contaminated. The Public Didn’t.
FDA inspectors have found some companies failed quality standards for bottled water, but the agency didn’t take significant action The government’s May 2018 report on Sweet Springs Valley Water Company, a bottled water manufacturer in West Virginia, was alarming. An inspector from the Food and Drug Administration, during a review of Sweet Springs’ test records, […]
Syracuse, Indiana, discontinues fluoridation
DEPARTMENT REPORT [Mike Noe, town manager] received the council’s approval to solicit bids for a new water main on Medusa Street. He wanted the bids to go out now so the work can be done before Memorial Day. Noe also got the council’s OK to discontinue fluoride treatments. Noe said the Indiana Department of Environmental […]
ADA letter to NTP: Draft Monograph on the Systematic Review of Fluoride Exposure and Neurodevelopmental and Cognitive Health Effects.
Click here to see the original November 19, 2019 National Toxicology Program c/o National Academy of Sciences 500 Fifth Street NW Keck WS625 Washington, DC 20001 Re: Draft Monograph on the Systematic Review of Fluoride Exposure and Neurodevelopmental and Cognitive Health Effects To Whom It May Concern: On behalf of our 163,000 dentist members, we […]
Fluoride at High Levels ‘Presumed’ a Neurodevelopmental Hazard
Note from the Fluoride Action Network As the title may be misleading for those who don’t know the fluoride literature, a few notes: • In a study published on Nov 18, 2019, and not included in the draft NTP review discussed below, formula-fed infants living in communities that add fluoride to the drinking water at […]
Letter: People must be held accountable for North Attleboro fluoride situation
On Tuesday Nov.19 the North Attleboro Board of Health will hold a meeting with the Department of Public Works. It will be the first public discussion on the fluoride situation since the story was first reported in The Sun Chronicle on Nov.2. It’s easy to be an armchair quarterback and criticize public employees for doing/not […]
Stop Poisoning Water With Fluoride
Activists are battling in court to stop a powerful federal agency from fluoridating our water. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) maintains that fluoride prevents cavities, a long-cited but widely disproven “benefit” of this hazardous waste byproduct of aluminum and fertilizer production. Thus, the agency concludes, adding the chemical to public water is wholly justified—despite thoroughly […]
Opinion: Washington must revoke sanctions waiver after latest nuclear violation
The “maximum pressure” policy against the Islamic Republic of Iran is one-year old. So too, ironically, is the Trump administration’s policy of providing sanctions waivers for select Iranian nuclear projects permitted by the 2015 nuclear deal. The most troublesome of these waivers — as we have previously written — is for an underground nuclear bunker […]
Mosaic submits ‘Critical Condition Report’ to FDEP, EPA
BARTOW – In less than one year’s time, there have been three incidents at Mosaic’s Bartow facility that were serious enough to mandate staff to alert government regulators, including one incident that occurred as recently as last month. Based on Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) public records, cracks were discovered on the south and […]
Federal Judge Asked to Let Fluoride-in-Water Case Go to Trial (1)
The future of a suit challenging the EPA’s stance that fluoride in drinking water doesn’t pose unreasonable risks to young children was the focus of dueling motions before a federal judge in San Francisco Nov. 15. The outcome could determine whether the case proceeds to trial in February, where a court would hear a debate […]