Excerpts: Fluoride additives For kids at high risk for caries and ones who always seem to have cavities, a fluoride additive to their routine is a must. Personally, I always start with recommending Act fluoride rinse (actoralcare.com). When presenting this product, it is important to stress that the child must swish for at least 15 […]
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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Spruce Pine mining company that polluted North Toe River up for NC DEQ permit renewal
Note from the Fluoride Action Network: See a list of the many mines in Spruce Spring, North Carolina ________________________________________________ SPRUCE PINE – Not quite a year after a mineral processing plant illegally discharged hundreds of gallons of hydrofluoric acid into the North Toe River causing a fish kill, the facility, with five other facilities on the […]
Madison County: Oral Health Report 2019
Excerpts from the Oral Health Report PAGE 5 Children in Madison County consume a significantly higher proportion of fluoride tablets then children in the state (Table 1). This is most likely due to the fact that 32 percent of the county’s population is served by individual/private water sources (e.g., wells), and of the population on […]
Alabama utility, 3M reach settlement over chemical contamination suit
An Alabama utility has reached a settlement with Minnesota-based 3M Co. (NYSE: MMM) over chemical contamination in the Tennessee River. The West Morgan-East Limestone Water and Sewer Authority had sued multinational conglomerate 3M in a lawsuit that focused on PFOA and PFOS found in sludge the company had dumped on 287 acres of its riverfront […]
Rockport Town Meeting on April 27 did not discuss fluoridation
Excerpts: Rockport voters convened on Saturday “for their Annual Town Meeting, a more than five-hour marathon that drew a few more than 200 voters to the Rockport High School gymnasium.” … An article on the fluoridation of the town’s water system was not taken up for discussion or vote because there was no motion to […]
Rockport Town Meeting, Saturday April 27 at noon
What: Rockport Town Meeting to consider 21-item warrant. When: Saturday, April 27, at noon Where: Rockport High School gymnasium, 24 Jerdens Lane. ROCKPORT — When the town’s registered voters convene at Town Meeting on Saturday, they will consider a 21-article warrant, with downtown sound and the use of fluoride in the town’s drinking water among the items […]
Critics pan EPA draft of PFAS cleanup guidance
On Thursday, the EPA released draft guidance detailing the cleanup of PFAS chemicals from groundwater. But environmental advocates in Pennsylvania and across the country quickly said they were too lax and ambiguous. The Environmental Protection Agency released a much-anticipated draft document Thursday to address nationwide concerns over groundwater contaminated with a class of unregulated chemicals. […]
EPA Releases PFAS Screening Levels and Remediation Goals for Public Comment
EPA has released draft interim groundwater screening levels and preliminary remediation goals (PRG) for PFAS where the groundwater is a current or potential source of drinking water. These draft levels are only for two PFAS compounds, PFOA and PFOS. For a quick background on PFAS, see our prior blog post, “Fast Facts: What is PFAS?” he draft […]
Researcher wins award to to study urinary fluoride in pregnant women from Indiana University
Excerpt: BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana University has awarded six recipients with IU President’s International Research Awards, President Michael A. McRobbie has announced. The projects — in areas such as global maternal health, refugee arrival infrastructure and moisture recycling — aim to make a difference in communities around the world and here at home, furthering high-impact […]
Duluth: Events Saturday highlight climate, impacts of Husky explosion
A green energy summit in Duluth will be followed Saturday by a rally outside the Douglas County courthouse in Superior. Organizers of the rally noted it comes one year and a day after the Husky Energy oil refinery explosion that caused the evacuation of much of Superior. Northwoods 350, a group that professes a desire […]