[Click here to read the original statement, with graphics] Action: Discontinue water fluoridation, which will greatly reduce fluoride ingestion. Science & Facts • Neurotoxic –can decrease IQ and increase ADHD in children • May increase hypothyroidism • Causes dental fluorosis • Dental benefits from contact with teeth, not ingestion Ethics • Fluoride in water is […]
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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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Home-care products for pediatric dental care
Excerpts: Fluoride additives For kids at high risk for caries and ones who always seem to have cavities, a fluoride additive to their routine is a must. Personally, I always start with recommending Act fluoride rinse (actoralcare.com). When presenting this product, it is important to stress that the child must swish for at least 15 […]
Critics pan EPA draft of PFAS cleanup guidance
On Thursday, the EPA released draft guidance detailing the cleanup of PFAS chemicals from groundwater. But environmental advocates in Pennsylvania and across the country quickly said they were too lax and ambiguous. The Environmental Protection Agency released a much-anticipated draft document Thursday to address nationwide concerns over groundwater contaminated with a class of unregulated chemicals. […]
EPA Releases PFAS Screening Levels and Remediation Goals for Public Comment
EPA has released draft interim groundwater screening levels and preliminary remediation goals (PRG) for PFAS where the groundwater is a current or potential source of drinking water. These draft levels are only for two PFAS compounds, PFOA and PFOS. For a quick background on PFAS, see our prior blog post, “Fast Facts: What is PFAS?” he draft […]
Kendall Jenner Makes Oral Care Stylish with the Launch of [fluoride-free] Moon
Kendall Jenner celebrated the launch of Moon on April 23rd with the brand’s founder, Sean Neff. The direct-to-consumer brand is sold online. Moon’s mission is to elevate oral care, making it a “beauty experience” — and its black packaging looks stylish. Jenner worked with Neff to co-create the Kendall Jenner Teeth Whitening Pen. The Kendall Jenner […]
Water Fluoridation by Paul Connett, PhD
The Latest Science Indicates That the Practice Must Stop Water fluoridation is the deliberate addition of a substance containing, or yielding, fluoride (that is, in the form of the free fluoride ion) to the public water supply with the ostensible aim of reducing tooth decay. The concentrations of fluoride used for this purpose in the […]
INSIGHT: Agency Regulation of PFAS Must Balance Costs, Benefits
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) represent a large group of synthetic chemicals that have been in use since the 1940s in a wide variety of consumer and industrial products. While PFAS can take different forms, their common characteristic is the presence of multiple fluorine atoms. The carbon–fluorine bond is the strongest chemical bond in organic […]
USEPA Draft Interim Recommendations to Address Groundwater Contaminated with Perfluorooctanoic Acid and Perfluorooctane Sulfonate
This draft document is solely for the purpose of public comment. It does not represent and should not be construed to represent any Agency determination or policy until it is finalized. PURPOSE This guidance provides interim recommendations for addressing groundwater contaminated with perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and/or perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) at sites being evaluated and addressed […]
Many dental procedures lack scientific backing, data review finds
The “truth about dentistry,” writes Ferris Jabr in the Atlantic, is that “common dental procedures are not always as safe, effective, or durable as we are meant to believe.” Many dental procedures, from twice-yearly teeth cleanings to crowns for root canals, do not have a lot of rigorous scientific backing. REUTERS/Mark Makela In a long-form […]
Arsenic in Some Bottled Water Brands at Unsafe Levels, Consumer Reports Says
Note from the Fluoride Action Network: This article by Consumer Reports is important because there are many people living in fluoridated communities that buy bottled water to avoid fluoride. If you drink a particular brand of spring water it would be wise to either call the producer and request the levels of all tested contaminants […]