For decades, the majority of the Twin Ports lived under the threat of a concentrated chlorine spill, which could have spread over 10 miles and sickened up to 128,000 people in an unlikely, though technically possible, worst-case scenario. Then in 2006, Western Lake Superior Sanitary District decided to do away with the risk altogether. “While […]
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.
Fluoridation: Call for a Moratorium
To the Editor: In the decades since the Newport City Council first authorized fluoridation, study after study around the world has documented serious adverse effects of fluoride. At last week’s city council meeting I cited just one, a large study funded by the National Institute of Health which found that exposure to even small amounts […]
Ashland: Fluoride on City Council Agenda
Excerpt: … Members of the council, meeting as the Committee of the Whole, heard a proposal from Council Woman Holly George to consider the removal of fluoride from the city’s water supply. The city has added fluoride to city water for many years to help strengthen the teeth of young children, but George, who said […]
Why Reporting Nitrogen Trifluoride Matters
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol now requires nitrogen trifluoride (NF3), a chemical released in some high-tech industries including electronics manufacturing, to be included in GHG inventories under the Corporate Standard, Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard, and Product Standard. The amendment keeps the GHG Protocol’s reporting requirements aligned with those of the United Nations Framework Convention on […]
Superior, Wis., residents unsettled a month after refinery explosion and fire
A month after the explosion in Superior, people aren’t sure how safe their soil and air are. Mike Nelson, Associated PressFILE – In this April 26, 2018, file frame from video smoke rises from the Husky Energy oil refinery after an explosion and fire at the plant in Superior, Wis. The mayors of the Lake […]
The Lawsuit That Could End Water Fluoridation in the US
Story at-a-glance Fluoride Action Network (FAN) is among a coalition of environmental, medical and health groups suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban artificial water fluoridation FAN has recently won two major legal victories, defeating efforts by the EPA to dismiss the case and limit the evidence that can be considered Fluoride is […]
How to Find the Best Toothpaste for Your Toddler (2018 Reviews)
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. __________________________________________________________ Without the right toothpaste, getting toddlers to brush their teeth two times a day can be an epic struggle. They’ll scream, cry and fight to avoid […]
Uranium Hexafluoride Contamination Class Action Filed
A class action federal lawsuit has been filed in Metropolis, Illinois, against Honeywell International for uranium hexafluoride (U6). The federal complaint alleges that “Exposure to this radioactive and toxic mixture in the environment through human pathways can cause grave bodily injury and has created a need for a mitigation/abatement program to protect the public from […]
MassDEP offers takeback program for toxic firefighting foam
BOSTON — State officials are asking local fire departments to take inventory of any stockpiles of toxic firefighting foam that might still be in their possession. A funded take-back program will send a contractor to dispose of any pre-2003 foam which contain perfluorinated compounds. The compounds, known as PFOA and PFOS, have contaminated groundwater and […]
Children’s Fluoride Exposures Linked to Later Life Disease?
NEW YORK – “[F]luoride exposures in early life could influence or originate the root-cause of certain diseases in later life,” write researchers in The Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry (5/2018), reports the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc. (NYSCOF) Nakamoto and Rawls, from the Health Sciences Centers of Louisiana State University and the […]