The American Water Works Association (AWWA) provides the standards for the chemicals used in community drinking water systems across the U.S. The AWWA have made this draft document on Sodium Fluoride available for public comment. The Deadline is Nov. 20th to submit comments. After that deadline date, comments will have to wait until the next […]
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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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Edgartown: Board of Health Votes to Add Fluoride to Water, Causing Outcry
The Edgartown board of health’s decision to pursue adding fluoride to the town water supply has sparked outrage among some town residents and officials, who called this week for the board to rescind its vote. A petition initiative has begun to place the issue on an election ballot. The board of health and water department […]
Judge’s ruling hamstrings federal probe into Torrance refinery explosion, critics claim
A former official at the U.S. Chemical Safety Board contends a federal judge’s recent ruling could not only hamper the federal agency’s ability to conduct a full investigation into the February 2015 blast at the Torrance refinery, but severely undermine its capacity to conduct future probes. U.S. District Court Judge Consuelo B. Marshall issued the ruling […]
Fluoride foes want more action from Port Angeles council
PORT ANGELES — Fluoridation opponents spent little time basking in victory over a Nov. 7 general election advisory ballot that recommends the city’s municipal water supply should stay unfluoridated, which it has been since August 2016. They want the Port Angeles City Council to guarantee fluorosilicic acid will stay out of the water by passing […]
Flint, Genesee County: Doctors debate effects of fluoride in drinking water
GENESEE COUNTY, MI (WNEM) – To fluoridate or not to fluoridate? That is the question that has been going on for more than 50 years. That’s how long fluoride has been in the Genesee County water supply. “I wouldn’t drink water in any municipality because it has fluoride in it,” said Gerald Natzke, physician. Natzke […]
Buda voters reject fluoride, select two new City Council members
Buda residents ushered in big changes Tuesday night, voting against fluoridated water, filling a couple of City Council seats and adopting a switch to geographic-based council districts. Two-thirds of the voters in Tuesday’s election said Buda should not add fluoride to its water, rejecting a practice that the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
Flint: Genesee County officials hear arguments for and against fluoride in water
FLINT (WJRT) – To treat or not to treat? That’s a debate going on in Genesee County as the Board of Commissioners decides whether to add fluoride to the county’s new drinking water supply from the Karegnondi Water Authority. The Board of Commissioners held a public hearing Wednesday evening to gauge the public’s thoughts on […]
Port Angeles Votes No to Fluoridation
Results of the November 7, 2017 General Election vote on fluoridation. We will put the print article of the results online as soon as it’s available. “Proposition 2 asks Port Angeles voters if the city should resume adding fluoride to the municipal water supply, a practice the City Council stopped in August 2016 in anticipation […]
Buda votes down fluoridation
A proposition calling for reintroduction of fluoride back into Buda’s city water supply failed by a wide margin, according to unofficial, final election results. Proposition A, which dealt with adding fluoride to Buda’s water, was voted down with roughly 64 percent of the vote. Over 600 total Buda voters were against the measure, which has […]
Edgartown voters have less than 90 days to petition against fluoride
The Edgartown board of health voted to act on a statue that will add fluoride to the water system by mid-January, unless 10 percent of voters petition to put the issue before voters at town meeting. During Tuesday’s board of health meeting, water commission superintendent Bill Chapman and board of selectmen chairman Arthur Smadbeck advised […]