Buy more toothpaste. Some Middletown residents may be forced to find other sources of fluoride, as the town considers whether to foot the bill to provide fluoride through the town’s drinking water. In 2015, the town learned that certain areas, specifically the Brookridge South and Glenbrook subdivisions, do not receive the recommended levels of fluoride […]
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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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Opinion: Fluoridation of NYC Water Useless, Harmful to the Poor
Coming on the heels of evidence showing that fluoridation is useless and more harmful to the poor, more researchers report that fluoridation’s tooth decay reduction still is not scientifically proven. Sicca, et al. analyzed thirty systematic reviews on tooth decay prevention, from 2002 – 2015, and report “there is not sufficient evidence to determine whether the use […]
Woodland: Fluoride Tracer Study beginning January 9
The Washington State Department of Health is evaluating the disinfection efficiency at water treatment plants throughout Washington State, including the City of Woodland. The industry standard evaluation includes performing a tracer study to evaluate dispersion of chlorine used in the disinfection process. Because chlorine is continuously reacting and difficult to measure, the tracer study uses […]
Wilmington: Fluoridation third reading set for next meeting
WILMINGTON — “Let’s make this a good year,” City Council President Randy Riley stated Thursday at the beginning of the first Wilmington City Council meeting of 2017. Fluoridation of the city’s water and recycling were among topics of discussion. The fluoridation ordinance would mandate fluoridation of the public water supplies. In the November election voters […]
January 9: Public Hearing on Fluoride in Sturbridge
Board of Health has tentatively scheduled a public hearing regarding the fluoride topic on January 9, 2017. This was in the minutes of the Sturbridge Board of Selectmen meeting on Dec 5, 2016. If you plan on attending double-check that the meeting is still on.
Arab: Council talks fluoride
There were only a couple of actual business items for the Arab City Council on Tuesday night’s agenda, but there were plenty of other topics for the council to discuss. One of those, described as “pending or threatened litigation against the city,” required an executive session. The discussion concerned the recent ruling by the Alabama […]
Green Bay mom wants to rid fluoride from water
GREEN BAY – A local mom is among several individuals and advocacy groups petitioning the federal government — and local leaders — to ban the practice of putting fluoride in drinking water. Municipalities have been adding fluoride to drinking water for decades in an effort to prevent tooth decay, but critics say it may cause other serious […]
Brunswick-Glynn County Joint Water & Sewer Commission ended fluoridation in 2013
For Your Information – Fluoride in the Water Did you know that the Brunswick-Glynn County Joint Water & Sewer Commission stopped adding fluoride to the drinking water system in 2013? … W.O. (Billy) Simmons, Jr., the Superintendent of the Water Production Division of the JWSC, offered his perspective of an experience that he has been […]
EPA Inspector General Report on Fumigations with Sufluryl fluoride
What Was Found The EPA can better prevent deaths and serious injuries caused during residential fumigations by amending sulfuryl fluoride labels and monitoring compliance. From December 12, 2016, memo in the report … Final determinations on matters in this report will be made by EPA managers in accordance with established audit resolution procedures. The offices […]
Denton’s Acme Brick faces penalty for August 2015 emissions
Acme Brick faces a state penalty after the scrubber on its smokestack failed in August 2015, triggering a week of emissions that included tons of sulfur dioxide and hydrogen fluoride. Beginning Aug. 11, 2015, and continuing for 176 hours, Acme’s smokestack emitted hydrogen fluoride and sulfur dioxide, according to state documents. Both are byproducts of […]