Thursday September 24, 2015 MOVIE: Our Daily Dose (2015) A 17 minute documentary about water fluoridation by award-winning film maker Jeremy Siefert PLACE: SUNRISE CENTER, 645 Tamalpais Drive, Corte Madera DATE: Thursday September 24, 2015 TIME: 7:00-9:00 pm DIRECTIONS: From Hwy 101, take the Tamilpais exit, and go west on Tamilpais Drive. See the map […]
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.
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Asheville: Water fluoridation faces tipping point
With city council elections coming up, Raleigh’s attempt to commandeer Asheville’s water system remains in court. A related concern has been put off long enough. For 50 years, Asheville has medicated its water customers with fluoride. City voters approved, and the practice began in 1965. County voters had previously opposed fluoridation, but the N.C. Supreme […]
Sulfuryl fluoride: Report details training, equipment problems of fumigator being sued by poisoned Palm City family
MARTIN COUNTY — The termite control company that fumigated a Palm City house where three family members later got sick, one seriously, had poorly maintained devices for checking that the house was clear for people to enter afterward, according to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Affairs. State investigators concluded that of Sunland Pest […]
Olympic Medical Center board endorses fluoridation of Port Angeles city water
PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center commissioners listened to both sides of the fluoridation issue, then voted unanimously without comment to support it in Port Angeles. After voting Wednesday, they issued a written statement Thursday saying those would be their last words on the subject. Commissioners John Beitzel, Jim Cammack, Jean Hordyk, Jim Leskinovitch, Dr. […]
Aspen: Fluoride factions have their say with Water & Sanitation
While working at a practice in the Eagle River valley, dental hygienist Jayme Hovland said she could tell the difference between kids who lived in Gypsum and those who resided in the nearby town of Eagle. Eagle residents drink water that’s fluoridated, resulting in “less cavities” than the patients she’d see from Gypsum, Hovland said. […]
Port Angeles: several meetings on fluoridation on Sept 15
Excerpts: Port Angeles City Council members will hear a report on an upcoming advisory survey on fluoridation when they meet Tuesday. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 321 E. Fifth St. It will be preceded by a 5:30 p.m. executive session to discuss potential litigation. An advisory survey will be mailed […]
Fluoride no longer added to Arab’s water supply
It took a phone call from Montgomery for Arab officials and residents to learn that Arab Water Works stopped adding fluoride to its tap water. Granted, the Arab Water Works board of directors’ meetings are open to the public, though they are rarely attended. The water board voted 3-0 to follow manager Ted Hyatt’s recommendation […]
Cripple Creek Public Water System cautions high fluoride levels
Tucked inside the Cripple Creek Public Water System’s recent annual report was an alert to the public about city drinking water. “IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR DRINKING WATER – Elevated Fluoride Levels Detected,” read the June 1 report. Fluoride levels in city water far exceed allowable amounts as recommended by the state Department of Public Health […]
Dallas: Paper names fluoridation-fighter Regina Imburgia one of the 10 most embarrassing people in North Texas
9. Regina Imburgia The name may not immediately ring a bell, but Regina Imburgia is responsible for Dallas’ long, often stupefying, always amusing fight over fluoridation. Fluoridation is a basic civic good. It helps kids who have less access to dental care avoid cavities. That didn’t stop Imburgia at the rest of her Colonel Ripper-aping crew from […]
Sulfoxaflor: Metabolites
Note from the Fluoride Action Network: Molecular structure for Sulfoxaflor (see more information on its toxicity) Excerpts X11519540 (sulfonyl metabolite) approximately two times more toxic than parent sulfoxaflor X11579457 X11596066 (ethyl metabolite) X11718922 (identified in the Australian report) X11719474 X11721061 PAGE 273-274: Toxicological data on metabolites X11719474, the major soil and plant metabolite of […]