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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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Potsdam gets engineering report on fluoride
POTSDAM — A new engineering report, from Environmental Design and Research, finds that a new method of implementing fluoride into the village’s water, though more costly, will yield savings in repairs. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends having 0.7 milligrams per liter of fluoride in water, which reduces demineralization of tooth enamel and […]
Potsdam village board will vote on fluoridation before end of September
POTSDAM – The village board will vote on whether or not to continue fluoridating municipal water either at its August or September meeting. Village Administrator Greg Thompson said that after a meeting with officials from Walden, New York, which voted to drop its fluoridation program, and with a statement to the Board of Trustees from […]
History of fluoridation in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County
Public health is an important function of North Carolina and Mecklenburg County governments. Last year was the hundredth anniversary of the appointment of the first full-time public health officer in Mecklenburg County. The recent Hepatitis A scare (“Some think County should Rethink Worker Vaccinations” June 29) justifies reflecting on this rich history. The positive lesson […]
Worn valve, iron sulfide possible cause of Husky explosion
A worn-out valve may have allowed air to contact various chemicals within equipment at the Husky Energy refinery in Superior, potentially triggering the April 26 explosion, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board reported Thursday. The explosion occurred within the fluid catalytic cracking unit, which was previously reported. The “factual investigative update” released by […]
Waterbury: Village water system gets grant to monitor fluoride
The Waterbury village water department has received an $8,249 grant from the National Association of County & City Health Officials to replace a fluoride analyzer at the treatment plant. The equipment monitors fluoridation level in real time and reports that number to the controls system. That will be a a significant upgrade to Waterbury’s fluoridation […]
Waterbury Village water system gets grant to monitor fluoride
The Waterbury village water department has received an $8,249 grant from the National Association of County & City Health Officials to replace a fluoride analyzer at the treatment plant. The equipment monitors fluoridation level in real time and reports that number to the controls system. That will be a a significant upgrade to Waterbury’s fluoridation […]
Best Toothpastes For Toddlers That Get The ADA Seal Of Approval
Note: The Fluoride Action Network adds all important articles relating to fluoride exposure to its NewsTracker as we want to ensure as complete a historical record as possible. __________________________________________________________ When I watch my toddler brush her teeth, I marvel at how self-sufficient she seems. Wasn’t she just a baby like a second ago? While she […]
DEQ: Harmful PFAS might contaminate more than 11,000 sites statewide
The potentially health-harming chemical compound that shut down the drinking water supply in two West Michigan communities last Thursday may contaminate more than 11,300 locations statewide, according to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. The DEQ provided the observation on the contaminants as part of a presentation to the Michigan Environmental Compliance Conference in Lansing last month, displaying a […]
Potsdam forum focuses on choice about fluoridation
POTSDAM — More than 20 people gathered Thursday night in Potsdam’s Town Hall community room to listen to a man who had helped coordinate the removal of fluoride in Canton’s water supply. However Paul Connett, a former professor at St. Lawrence University, was preceded by two women who had taken the evidence he had shared […]