Federal prosecutors have demanded documents, research and monitoring data from a state agency as they investigate a Fortune 500 company’s release of a little-studied chemical into a river that supplies drinking water to hundreds of thousands of people, officials said Thursday. The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality received a subpoena last week from U.S. […]
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.
Tecopa, California, Finally Gets Clean Drinking Water
Tecopa, California, is known for its water. The small town, about 80 miles west of Las Vegas, is home to hot springs that some say have healing powers. But that’s not the case if you drink the water. Wells in the area are tainted with naturally occurring arsenic, fluoride and minerals that can cause kidney stones […]
Small New Mexico communities struggle to deliver water free of uranium and other toxins
SANTA CRUZ, N.M. (AP) — Eloy Jacquez lives in the house his parents built on Los Lujans Road in 1948. There was no water in Santa Cruz then. The family waited several more years before the first well was drilled just up the street, next to land used as an informal waste dump. Old cars […]
Fluoridation: A Failed Tooth Decay Preventive, Federal Data Shows
After 72 years of fluoridation, reaching 2/3 of Americans, promising to substantially reduce tooth decay, especially in poor children, the American Journal of Public Health (2017) reports “Despite significant financial, training, and program investments, US children’s caries experience and inequities continued to increase over the last 20 years,” reports the New York State Coalition Opposed to […]
Teeth Grow Worse In Arkansas Despite Improved Access To Healthcare
Willie Freeman says he used to avoid smiling, and if he did, it was in a way almost no one could see, with his mouth closed. He was embarrassed of his rotten teeth. “I wouldn’t go around people and if I did smile, you know, nobody would see me smile,” said Freeman. “My teeth was […]
Kenyon: Peek at the Past
August 1967 The Village Council took the initial step to comply with the mandatory water fluoridation law passed by the State Legislature. The council authorized the Kenyon Municipal Utilities Commission to proceed with fluoridation of city water at the direction of commissioners. *Original article online at http://www.southernminn.com/the_kenyon_leader/community/article_f6c0d34d-efa4-539c-93c6-abc46168e02f.html
Albuquerque: County water authority might add fluoride to water
A proposal facing the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority would add supplemental fluoride back into drinking water. Albuquerque voters approved fluoridation of drinking water in the early 1970s. The Water Authority stopped adding it in 2011, while the federal government looked into changing the recommendations for how much fluoride is healthy. In 2015, the […]
Potsdam village might stop fluoridating water, might not; study sought
POTSDAM — The village may consider discontinuing fluoridation of the water supply, in part depending on the results of a study they hope to conduct. The village equipment used to add the fluoride – a popular tooth decay prevention measure in the U.S. for decades – is old and might need repair or replacement soon, […]
Interview with Health Coach Amanda on fluoride to be aired August 28 and 29
Health Coach Amanda was interviewed by Amy Lutz who is a news anchor with Fox 43 News in York, PA. The subject discussed was fluoride. Are you aware that the number one prescription sold is Synthroid! 90% of those with thyroid issues have an autoimmune condition known as Hashimoto’s. Many with thyroid issues are not […]
Simplot CEO visits Pocatello
POCATELLO — As its global footprint expands, J.R. Simplot will again become one of the most cost-effective phosphate producers in the nation, the company’s top official said Wednesday. “I’m really excited to announce that we will be among one of the cheapest producers in the United States once we have the new ammonia plant up […]