An illustration of a battery. For batteries to generate electricity, charged atoms, called ions (pink and green), travel between a negative node (anode) and a positive node (cathode) with the help of a liquid electrolyte solution. Credit: Brett Savoie, Purdue University The Science Energy-dense fluoride batteries are exciting, but they only work at high temperatures. […]
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.
Nonstick Frying Pans Can Cause Penis Size To Shrink, Study Claims
Since its invention 80 years ago, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) has been the best friend of moms, wives and chefs worldwide. All of us know this tongue-twisting compound by its more famous brand name, Teflon. PTFE is a kind of perfluorinated compound (PFC). Teflon, however, has its drawbacks and one of the most unusual and probably the […]
States Regulating PFAS in Food Packaging: What You Need to Know Now
Last month, Washington state enacted a new law, making it the first in the country to ban the use of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or “PFAS,” in food packaging. What are PFAS? PFAS are a group of chemicals that impart oil and water repellency, among others properties, to various products. They are in the same […]
Tim Ryan’s Long, Weird History of Palling Around With Fluoride and Vaccine Skeptics
At a 2018 question-and-answer session at a summit for wellness influencers in San Diego, an attendee wanted to talk to Tim Ryan about fluoride. Ryan, a Democratic congressman from Northeast Ohio, had co-sponsored a resolution in 2015 hailing water fluoridation as a public health triumph. But the woman told Ryan that water fluoridation had given […]
Should You Be Concerned About PFAS Chemicals?
These ‘forever chemicals’ are in our water supply—and in the body of nearly every American A group of substances known as PFAS chemicals are behind a variety of everyday conveniences that make our lives a little bit easier. They line pizza boxes and fast-food packaging so grease doesn’t seep through, form the nonstick coating on […]
The US Government Wants to Change How Much Fluoride Is in Bottled Water
Some scientists don’t think the change goes far enough. On Wednesday, the United States Food and Drug Administration announced that it’s taking steps to lower the legal level of fluoride in bottled water. The proposed rule would set the maximum concentration of fluoride in bottled water at 0.7 milligrams per liter, a step down from […]
CDC: Fluoridation Learning Online
To celebrate how new technologies can transform the public health landscape, CDC is pleased to announce the launch of Fluoridation Learning Online (FLO), a free training resource designed to build the capability of state fluoridation programs, and increase knowledge and refine skills to implement and maintain community water fluoridation. Fluoridation Learning Online contains four modules. […]
FDA Wants to Lower Amount of Fluoride in Bottled Water, but Scientists Say it is Still Too High
Rather than combating the high levels of pesticides found in much of the food grown in the United States, the negative effects of factory farming, or the lack of clean water available to numerous communities across the country, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing slightly lowering the standard for fluoride content in bottled water. […]
Surveying Dentists’ Perceptions of Caregiver Refusal of Topical Fluoride.
Note from FAN This article was first published in March 2018, but only became available today on PubMed. We thought our readers would be interested. _________________________________________________________________________ Abstract The objective of this study was to assess dentists’ perceptions of caregiver topical fluoride refusal behaviors. We administered an 8-item survey in 2015 and 2016 ( N = […]
FDA’s Proposed Rule for “Beverages: Bottled Water”
Summary: See Original The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is proposing to revise the quality standard for bottled water to specify that bottled water to which fluoride is added by the manufacturer may not contain fluoride in excess of 0.7 milligrams per liter (mg/L). This action, if finalized, will revise the current allowable […]