Note from Fluoride Action Network: • It would have been helpful if the original article that prompted the following commentary discussed the lack of critical information given to pregnant women and the parents and carers of formula-fed infants. No U.S. government agency, or state health department, informs vulnerable populations of fluoride’sneurotoxicity. Recent studies report that […]
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.
AWWA updates its policy statement on the Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies
The American Water Works Association (AWWA) supports the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO), American Medical Association (AMA), Canadian Medical Association (CMA), Centers for Disease Control (CDC), American Dental Association (ADA), and Canadian Dental Association (CDA), for the fluoridation of public water supplies as a public health benefit. AWWA supports the application of fluoride in a […]
Chemistry in Pictures: Spotting high fluoride
Credit: Kaleigh Beale Kaleigh Beale remembers when she was in elementary school in Virginia near the Chesapeake Bay some of her classmates had brown stains on their teeth. She was told the stains were a result of too much fluoride in the water. Fluoride is added to most people’s water in the US to prevent […]
EPA: Generic Maximum Achievable Control Technology Standards for … Hydrogen Fluoride (Renewal)
Original notice online at https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-03-16/html/2022-05508.htm SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Source Categories: Generic Maximum Achievable Control Technology Standards for Acetal Resin; Acrylic and Modacrylic Fiber; Hydrogen Fluoride and Polycarbonate Production (EPA ICR Number 1871.11, OMB Control Number 2060-0420), to the Office of Management and Budget […]
Osteosarcoma Incidence Highest in Black Patients
Note from Fluoride Action Network: Bassin et al., in a 2006 study, linked water fluoridation to osteosarcoma. Bassin found a statistically significant relationship between fluoride exposure during the 6th to 8th years of life (the “mid-childhood growth spurt”) and the later development of osteosarcoma among young males. There has been no refutation of Bassin’s study, […]
Study ties fluoride to lower IQ, nonverbal deficits in kids
March 11, 2022 — Prenatal fluoride exposure may be linked to long-term lower general cognitive levels, specifically deficits in nonverbal IQ or visual-spatial and perceptual reasoning abilities, according to a study published March 9 in Environmental Research. Fluoride exposure was associated significantly with nonverbal and verbal IQ losses in kids ages 6 to 12, according […]
Sulfuryl fluoride: Researcher sheds light on the main source of a rare but destructive greenhouse gas
Note from Fluoride Action Network The brain is the main target of Sulfuryl fluoride. Sulfuyl fluoride is the major fumigant used on post-harvest food held in storage facilities and granaries in the U.S. Environmental health and engineering PhD student Dylan Gaeta discusses his study linking the unregulated insecticide sulfuryl fluoride to a common fumigation […]
Paul Gosar Just Promoted a Conspiracy Theory That He Built His Career Fighting Against
Note from Fluoride Action Network: We labeled this article as misinformation because the author, Hunter Walker, did not invest any effort to understand Senator Gosar’s position and ended up ridiculing him for doing the right thing. Why is Gosar right? • Gosar was for fluoridation in 1997 and 2001 but changed his mind last week […]
Fluoride Supplement Manufacturer Forced To Address Misleading Labeling Allegations
Earlier this month, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama decided Method Pharmaceuticals, LLC v. H-2 Pharma, LLC, a dispute concerning labeling for fluoride products that raised a variety of issues with broader implications for industries regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Because the suit was brought pursuant to […]
Etoxazole: Driscoll’s Strawberries Were Just Recalled Over Pesticide Concerns
Note from fluoride Action Network: Etoxazole: Activity: Acaricide, Ovicide (unclassified) Structure: Driscoll’s produce has faced some steep obstacles over the course of the past few months. Back in November 2021, the brand recalled its blueberries in Ontario due to a metal contamination, per Food Safety Network. Driscoll’s now faces another produce recall over an issue […]