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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.
Should Juneau revisit water fluoridation? New study renews debate
Fluoride skeptics remain and there is little push to change in Juneau, despite uptick in cavities After Juneau stopped adding fluoride to drinking water in 2007, Dr. David Logan says he quickly saw an increase in patients with cavities. Now executive director for the Alaska Dental Society, Logan practiced dentistry in Juneau for 28 years […]
Most NJ towns don’t have fluoridated water — but these do
You might assume the water coming out of your tap is fluoridated. But if you live in the Garden State, chances are it’s not. Only 15 percent of New Jersey residents have teeth-protecting fluoride in their water, compared to 75 percent of the rest of the nation. According to Jim Schulz, the director of governmental […]
The Children’s Health Defense Team: Fluoridation Must End
NEW YORK, Jan. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — On January 9, 2019, a new and influential organization joined the call for an end to water fluoridation. The Children’s Health Defense Team headed by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. published “US Water Fluoridation: A Forced Experiment that Needs to End,” reports the Fluoride Action Network. The Children’s Health Defense, Inc. […]
U.S. Water Fluoridation: A Forced Experiment that Needs to End. By the Children’s Health Defense team
The United States stands almost entirely alone among developed nations in adding industrial silicofluorides to its drinking water—imposing the community-wide measure without informed consent. Globally, roughly 5% of the population consumes chemically fluoridated water, but more people in the U.S. drink fluoride-adulterated water than in all other countries combined. Within the U.S., just under a […]
Dental flossing and other behaviors linked with higher levels of PFAS in the body
A new study suggests certain types of consumer behaviors, including flossing with Oral-B Glide dental floss, contribute to elevated levels in the body of toxic PFAS chemicals. PFAS are water- and grease-proof substances that have been linked with numerous health problems. The findings provide new insight into how these chemicals end up in people’s bodies […]
Kentucky lawmakers want to end mandatory fluoride in tap water. Dentists disagree.
Arguing against government overreach, two Kentucky lawmakers are sponsoring legislation that would let local communities stop fluoridating their drinking water. Today, nearly every glass of Kentucky tap water contains trace amounts of fluoride, a mineral added for the past seven decades to reduce tooth decay. The state requires any public water system that serves 1,500 […]
Drinking water guidelines in the US vary widely from state to state
In response to the growing problem of drinking water contaminated with per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a new analysis shows that many states are establishing their own guideline levels for two types of PFAS — PFOA and PFOS — that differ from federal guidelines. The new study appears in the Journal of Exposure Science & […]
Ask the Dentist: Fluoride Pros and Cons: Is Fluoride Safe?
The use of fluoride is controversial—it’s a known toxin, but we’ve also been told it’s essential for healthy teeth. Fluoride can sometimes be beneficial, but with safer alternatives available, it’s just not worth the risk. Fluoride has always been a controversial topic in the world of dentistry, and as a dentist, I’m going to make […]
Harrison Elementary students can receive sealants
TWIN FALLS — Beginning Jan. 17, Harrison Elementary School first- and second-graders can receive free dental sealants and fluoride varnish to help prevent cavities, as part of Delta Dental of Idaho’s Grins-on-the-Go program. Dental sealants fill the deep grooves of the back teeth where 90 percent of cavities occur. Fluoride varnish helps protect the smooth […]