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 […]
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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.
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.
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 […]
EPA denies TSCA petition to ban hydrofluoric acid in oil refineries
The US EPA has denied an NGO’s petition to prohibit the use of hydrofluoric acid in manufacturing processes at oil refineries under TSCA, continuing the agency’s trend of rejecting such requests. Filed under section 21 of the law by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) in August, the petition argued that the substance – used as […]
Colgate-Palmolive. The Effects of Water Fluoridation on Cognitive Function: The Story Continues
TO GET C.E. CREDITS FOR THIS ARTICLE PLEASE LOGIN OR REGISTER here On August 19, 2019 a paper published in JAMA Pediatrics1 reported an epidemiologic study from Canada that examined the relationship of pregnant women’s exposure to water fluoridation during pregnancy to the intelligent quotient (IQ) of their children. A reduction in IQ scores was […]
EPA Continues Progress Under PFAS Action Plan
WASHINGTON ?— As part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) extensive efforts to help communities address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under the PFAS Action Plan, the Agency is releasing the Systematic Review Protocol for five PFAS toxicity assessments for a 45-day public comment period. The assessments are being developed under the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Program. […]
Children’s Dental Health Project (CDHP) is shutting down
Note from Fluoridation Action Network The CDHP was at the forefront of fluoridation led by PR expert Matt Jacob who doesn’t work at CDHP anymore. Jacob has his own consulting firm, Jacob Strategies LLC, and is “a communications consultant” for the American Fluoridation Society. Jacob earned his fluoridation chops successfully lobbying for the fluoridation mandate […]
Fluoride’s Brain Research is Alarming and Growing
NEW YORK, Oct. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Water fluoridation is linked to Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) (Environment International December 2019), adding to the growing pile of scientific literature linking fluoride to neurological disorders e.g. lower IQ, Autism, poor memory, dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease. Governments failed to determine fluoride’s toxic brain effects before declaring fluoridation safe in the early 1900’s, reports the […]
Delta Dental member companies contributed $79 million to community programs in 2018, enhancing 11 million Americans’ oral and overall health
Making actionable investments in U.S. communities aligns with Delta Dental’s mission of expanding access to oral health care OAK BROOK, Ill., Oct. 29, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Delta Dental, the nation’s largest dental insurance provider, announced that in 2018 the Delta Dental member companies contributed $79 million to programs in communities across the United States […]
Analysis of Fluoride Content in Alternative Milk Beverages.
Abstract Background: The dentist has a responsibility to provide nutritional counseling and fluoride consumption recommendations. The purpose of this study was to measure and compare the concentrations of fluoride in a large number of alternative milk beverages and bovine milk. Study design: Thirty-three milk alternatives, including 9 diverse types and 11 different brands, were analyzed […]