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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.
U.S. Water Fluoridation: A Forced Experiment that Needs to End. By the Children’s Health Defense team
The United States stands almost entirely alone among developed nations in adding industrial silicofluorides to its drinking water—imposing the community-wide measure without informed consent. Globally, roughly 5% of the population consumes chemically fluoridated water, but more people in the U.S. drink fluoride-adulterated water than in all other countries combined. Within the U.S., just under a […]
Dental flossing and other behaviors linked with higher levels of PFAS in the body
A new study suggests certain types of consumer behaviors, including flossing with Oral-B Glide dental floss, contribute to elevated levels in the body of toxic PFAS chemicals. PFAS are water- and grease-proof substances that have been linked with numerous health problems. The findings provide new insight into how these chemicals end up in people’s bodies […]
Drinking water guidelines in the US vary widely from state to state
In response to the growing problem of drinking water contaminated with per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a new analysis shows that many states are establishing their own guideline levels for two types of PFAS — PFOA and PFOS — that differ from federal guidelines. The new study appears in the Journal of Exposure Science & […]
Ask the Dentist: Fluoride Pros and Cons: Is Fluoride Safe?
The use of fluoride is controversial—it’s a known toxin, but we’ve also been told it’s essential for healthy teeth. Fluoride can sometimes be beneficial, but with safer alternatives available, it’s just not worth the risk. Fluoride has always been a controversial topic in the world of dentistry, and as a dentist, I’m going to make […]
Research Supports Claims That Teeth Worsen Without Fluoridated Water
Note from Fluoride Action Network On January 17, 2019, FAN issued a press release on Dr. Meyer’s paper titled, Juneau fluoridation study: more hype than evidence. In that release Paul Connett PhD, FAN executive director, described the Meyer study as “a very poorly controlled and unblinded study that can neither rule out or rule in that […]
P&G strikes deal with Clorox on Burt’s Bees product
Procter & Gamble Co. has begun making Burt’s Bees toothpaste, and tubes will be available for sale nationwide in January through a licensing deal with Clorox Co. Similar deals to make other Burt’s Bees products could be considered between the companies, but the toothpaste is the only one P&G has in market now. A spokesman […]
Public comments solicited: Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Notice with comment period. SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other Federal agencies the […]
Healthy People 2030 Public Comment Opportunity up to Jan 17, 2019
Public Comment for Healthy People 2030 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is soliciting written comments regarding the Healthy People 2030 objectives. The public comment period will be open from December 3, 2018 through January 17, 2019. Previous public comments on the proposed Healthy People 2030 framework helped shape the vision, mission, […]
Honda RI, Caltech & JPL Develop Safer Flouride-Based Batteries for EVs
Scientists from Honda Research Institute have collaborated with researchers at California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to develop a new battery chemistry that enables the use of materials with higher energy density and a more favorable environmental footprint than current battery technologies. The collective team of scientists co-authored a new paper […]