WASHINGTON (October 26, 2020) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) kicked off the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM)’s Workshop on Federal Government Human Health Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Research. Aggressively […]
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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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American Public Health Association “proud supporter and advocate of community water fluoridation”
Webinar Registration Oct 25, 2020 06:00 PM in Central Time (US and Canada) Topic: A Toast to Community Water Fluoridation – Celebrating 75 Years! Description The American Public Health Association (APHA) champions the health of all people and all communities. For the last 75 years, community water fluoridation has been a significant public health success […]
Why Is Bihar’s Flouride Contamination Problem Not a Poll Issue?
The water contamination has led to serious health problems and physical disabilities in Churaman Nagar village. Gaya/Patna (Bihar): Krishna Manjhi is only 35, but he looks much older. His neck is bent, making him unable to lift up his head. He cannot straighten his back, and the bones of his feet are thin and crooked. […]
Melbourne City Council incumbents rake in political contributions heading to Election Day
Excerpt: Fluoride fight Last November, the City Council voted 4-3 to continue fluoridating drinking water for customers within city limits and the other communities that Melbourne supplies: Indialantic, Indian Harbour Beach, Melbourne Beach, Melbourne Village, Palm Shores, Satellite Beach, West Melbourne and unincorporated Brevard County south of the Pineda Causeway. Thomas and Minus voted to continue fluoridating […]
ADA urges National Toxicology Program to reconsider monograph
Association sends comments ahead of National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hearing Washington — The ADA is reaffirming its support of the safety of community water fluoridation and asking the National Toxicology Program to change its classification of fluoride from a presumed neurotoxin to an unknown neurotoxin. The Association shared this request with the […]
Park Hills to continue fluoridation
Excerpt The Park Hills City Council met in regular session last week to vote on several ordinances and resolutions. Council members voted to purchase a new backhoe for the Water Department, buy a new rock crawler for the Public Works Department, enter into agreements for paving projects, and continue the use of fluoride in the […]
Land-use change caused by anthropogenic activities increase fluoride and arsenic pollution in groundwater and human health risk.
Abstract Highlights Groundwater fluoride and arsenic under human lands were highly polluted. The distribution of high fluoride and arsenic in groundwater expanded. The exposure of fluoride and arsenic increased between two land-use periods. Anthropogenic activities could place human at a higher health risk. Policy-makers should take measures to reduce groundwater pollution. Groundwater pollution is becoming […]
TSCA Plaintiffs Charge New NTP Report Underestimates Fluoride’s Risks
The Fluoride Action Network (FAN), one of the groups suing EPA to bar drinking water fluoridation under TSCA, says the National Toxicology Program’s (NTP) draft monograph showing fluoride exposure can cause cognitive developmental harm in children underestimates risk, particularly at lower exposures, signaling the draft may not provide significant support for the group’s suit. Chris […]
Scientist Attacked for Fluoridation Facts. Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola.
Read original article at https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2020/10/20/fluoride-and-brain-development.aspx? Story at-a-glance Christine Till, Ph.D., an associate professor at York University in Toronto, Canada, has published several damning studies showing fluoride damages the brain and lowers IQ In 2019, Till received the President’s Emerging Research Leadership Award (PERLA) from York University for her research into the neurotoxicity of fluoride exposure […]
TODAY: Review of the Revised NTP Monograph on Fluoride Exposure and Neurodevelopmental and Cognitive Health Effects (Meeting 2)
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