To celebrate how new technologies can transform the public health landscape, CDC is pleased to announce the launch of Fluoridation Learning Online (FLO), a free training resource designed to build the capability of state fluoridation programs, and increase knowledge and refine skills to implement and maintain community water fluoridation. Fluoridation Learning Online contains four modules. […]
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.
FDA Wants to Lower Amount of Fluoride in Bottled Water, but Scientists Say it is Still Too High
Rather than combating the high levels of pesticides found in much of the food grown in the United States, the negative effects of factory farming, or the lack of clean water available to numerous communities across the country, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing slightly lowering the standard for fluoride content in bottled water. […]
‘There was never a threat to the community’ say officials after Y-12 chemical leak
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (WVLT) — All nuclear material is safe and site personnel are returning to normal operations after authorities with the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge said an incident occurred Thursday morning. According to initial reports, the incident occurred at 7:52 a.m. Thursday morning after sensors indicated a potential release of hydrogen […]
What is hydrogen fluoride?
Emergency personnel responded to the Y-12 National Security Complex after sensors indicated a potential release of hydrogen fluoride within a processing enclosure. OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — Emergency personnel responded to the Y-12 National Security Complex after sensors indicated a potential release of hydrogen fluoride within a processing enclosure Thursday morning. According to a tweet from […]
All nuclear material safe, no injuries after chemical leak at Y-12 National Security Complex
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — Update (10:30 a.m.): Hydrogen fluoride, a potentially deadly chemical, was accidentally released in a small enclosure at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge and required an emergency response Thursday morning. RELATED: What is hydrogen fluoride? Two sensors went off shortly before 8 a.m. indicating the chemical had been released […]
Surveying Dentists’ Perceptions of Caregiver Refusal of Topical Fluoride.
Note from FAN This article was first published in March 2018, but only became available today on PubMed. We thought our readers would be interested. _________________________________________________________________________ Abstract The objective of this study was to assess dentists’ perceptions of caregiver topical fluoride refusal behaviors. We administered an 8-item survey in 2015 and 2016 ( N = […]
Kilauea: Volcanic Pollution Probed During Eruption Pause
(BIVN) – Kilauea Volcano is not erupting, and the USGS Volcano Alert level is at NORMAL. As scientists and affiliates with the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory wrote in this week’s Volcano Watch article, its a great time to do some research. The end of Kilauea’s 2018 eruption this past September was accompanied by an enormous […]
Rekha Basu: Stop rejecting science in favor of superstition
Note from Fluoride Action Network: We have published Paul Connett’s response to this syndicated column by Rekha Basu in the Des Moines Register (Iowa), the Daily Republic (Solano County CA), Daily Sun (AZ), The Ledger (FL), The Daily World (WA), Post-Bulletin (MN), and perhaps many other newspapers, because the initial publisher (the Des Moines Register) […]
Husky Energy Says It Will Keep Using Hydrogen Fluoride At Superior Refinery
Fires at the Husky Energy refinery in Superior prompted the temporary evacuation of Superior residents in April. Photo courtesy of Bob King with the Duluth News Tribune Company Says It Will Provide Additional Measures To Ensure Safety Husky Energy announced Wednesday it will invest more than $400 million to rebuild its oil refinery in Superior […]
Manchester Town Meeting OKs plastic ban, fluoride, electronic voting
Excerpts: MANCHESTER — Town Meeting decided to kick more single-use plastics to the curb, keep sodium fluoride in the public water supply and splurge on an electronic voting system. The 251 residents attending, all registered voters as required, passed all articles on the warrant during the meeting’s single session Monday night… No change with fluoride When asked, “Do you want industrial […]