Highlights Eleven overlooked but (potentially) significant sources of PFCAs are identified. Substantial emissions may come from historical and current use of C4 and C6 PFCAs. Emissions from substances based on C4, C6 and C10 PASFs may be considerable. Degradation of HFCs, HFEs and polymers may be an abundant and long-lasting source. Critical knowledge and data […]
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.
Lancet Neurology reclassifies fluoride as developmental neurotoxin
An average IQ decrement of about seven points in children exposed to raised fluoride concentrations When a Harvard professor speaks, one usually listens. Perhaps the results of a new article authored by Dr. Philippe Grandjean, Harvard School of Public Health, and Dr. Philip Landrigan, Icahn School of Medicine, will finally change public water policies on fluoridation of city water. […]
United Company RUSAL Plc: Production Results for the Year Ended 31 December 2013
Regulatory News: Pursuant to Chapter 38 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, the Securities and Futures Commission regulates United Company RUSAL Plc in relation to the listing of its shares on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. The Securities and Futures Commission takes no […]
Forced Medicine: The Philosophy Behind Fluoridation
Scientific studies have linked fluoridation of the water supply to lowered IQs, increased risk of cancer, and bone disease, amongst other conditions. So why do we still fluoridate? As researchers like Anthony Gucciardi warn, fluoridation may in fact only be the thin edge of the wedge when it comes to forced medication of the population. […]
Water fluoridation: Action Network criticizes JADA authors
NEW YORK, N.Y., USA: The Fluoride Action Network (FAN) has criticized the authors of an article recently published in the Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA). It has accused Drs. Molly L.R. Melbye and Jason M. Armfield of urging dentists to promote fluoridation even though many of them are not well informed about the […]
Water Fluoridation Affects Children’s IQ
Why, in 1974, didn’t authorities learn from this terrible tragedy? A 3-year-old Brooklyn boy, during his first dental checkup, had fluoride paste applied to his teeth. He was then handed a glass of water, but the hygienist failed to inform him to swish the solution around in his mouth, and then spit it out. Instead, […]
Report: Guidance for the inventory of PFOS & related chemicals under the Stockholm Convention
Scope: The objective of this document is to provide step?by?step guidance that enables Parties to establish an inventory of products and articles containing perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), its salts, perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride (PFOS?F) and PFOS related chemicals and industrial processes using these chemicals. The guidance includes methods for estimating the amount products and articles containing […]
Batteries based on fluoride shuttle
In search of new concepts to build batteries with high energy densities, electrochemical cells based on metal fluorides may be promising. Herein, we report the demonstration of secondary battery cells based on fluoride shuttle. In fluoride ion batteries, fluoride anion acts as charge transfer ion between a metal/metal fluoride pair where it will react with […]
Bone Fluoride Levels Not Associated With Osteosarcoma
Note from the Fluoride Action Network: The following is on a study by dentist Chester Douglass and colleagues, An Assessment of Bone Fluoride and Osteosarcoma, (7/28/11) which claims to show no association between fluoride bone levels and osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer. However, Douglass’ study has serious scientific flaws and is incapable of disproving […]
Fluoride removal from water by adsorption—A review
Note from Fluoride Action Network: “Since all methods [to remove fluoride] produce a sludge with very high concentration of fluoride that has to be disposed of, only water for drinking and cooking purposes should be treated, particularly in the developing countries.” Reference: Fluorosis (see Interventions), World Health Organization Highlights Fluoride removal from water using ‘adsorption’ […]