SAN JOSE — San Francisco has had it since 1951, Oakland since 1976. Los Angeles and San Diego, along with Contra Costa, Marin and San Mateo counties, have it too. And starting Monday, large sections of San Jose — the nation’s biggest city without fluoride in its drinking water — finally will begin to receive the […]
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.
What to watch for when science becomes politicized
Science, in an ideal world, would be pure, pristine, and above any human frailties. We could look at any phenomenon we wanted — natural or human-made, past or present, terrestrial or beyond, experimental or observational — collect data on it and draw an incontrovertible conclusion. When science is done right, that’s arguably exactly how it […]
Durango: Fluoride choice should be put to a vote
At a time when many are calling out for greater public participation, I found it distasteful that the Herald would publish an editorial (Nov. 7) asserting that “the plan to ask Durango voters if they would prefer to remove fluoride from the city’s water supply is a bad idea.” The rationale used was that the […]
Debate continues in Marin over fluoridation
A Novato woman spearheading a campaign to get fluoride out of Marin’s drinking water faced off Wednesday against a health sciences clinical professor well versed on fluoridation. More than 50 people turned out for a Marin Coalition luncheon at The Club at McInnis in San Rafael where Dawna Gallagher-Stroeh, director of Clean Water Sonoma-Marin and […]
Water: Health groups petition EPA to ban water fluoridation
Health advocacy groups are trying a new tack in their effort to ban fluoridation of drinking water, petitioning EPA to use its Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) authority to ban the longstanding practice — introduced in the 1940s to promote dental health – because it poses neurotoxicity risks. “EPA should exercise its authority under TSCA […]
Arab: Attorney fees in fluoride lawsuit near $300,000
Through the end of October, legal fees had approached $300,000 in the lawsuit filed by the city of Arab against the Arab Water Works board of directors – and there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight. The bulk of those fees – 92 percent – were charged to Arab Water Works. All the […]
From fluoride to lead, how to know what’s in your family’s water
You don’t have to live in Flint, Michigan, to worry about your family’s water supply. Concern about Flint’s continuing battle with lead contamination has people across the country paying closer attention to what is flowing out of their taps. In Maine, residents in seven towns voted Nov. 8 to remove fluoride from the water supply, […]
Groups Urge EPA to Ban Fluoridation Based on Risk to Brain
A coalition of environmental, medical and health groups have served the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with a Petition calling on the Agency to ban the addition of fluoridation chemicals to public water supplies due to the risks these chemicals pose to the brain, reports the Fluoride Action Network (FAN). The Petition, which includes over 2,500 […]
Palestine weighs value of fluoridation to the cost
As the city of Palestine considers eliminating fluoride from residents’ tap water as a cost-saving measure, the American Dental Association thinks it would be a bad idea. Palestine Public Works Deputy Director Felipe Garcia told the Palestine City Council earlier this week that the city is not required to put fluoride into its water and […]
CDC Scientists Expose Agency Corruption
Last month, The Hill published a letter sent by “more than a dozen” senior Center for Disease Control (CDC) scientists charging the agency with nursing an atmosphere of pervasive research fraud. The group, which claimed to represent scientists across the CDC’s diverse branches, calls itself SPIDER (Scientists Preserving Integrity, Diligence and Ethics in Research). The […]