Despite its proven effectiveness at promoting oral health in a safe, cost-effective, and equitable manner, water fluoridation cannot win on its scientific merits alone. Unfounded claims and half-truths promoted by a very small but vocal, well-organized minority opposed to water fluoridation have prompted a longstanding, heated political discourse. Health Resources in Action (HRiA) has piloted […]
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Connecticut, with mandatory fluoridation, has significant problems with dental decay
Excerpt: Susan Peters, director of New Haven Public Schools school health centers, said … this past June New Haven Public schools screened 484 Troup students, from kindergarten on up to grade 8, and found that 35 percent had moderate to severe dental needs. A 2012 report on the status of oral health in Connecticut also […]
Sulfoxaflor: Court revokes approval of insecticide, citing ‘alarming’ decline in bees
Note from the Fluoride Action Network • A fluoridated pesticide • Molecular formula for Sulfoxaflor: C10-H10-F3-N3-O-S • See a review of it’s toxicity An appeals court Thursday overturned federal approval of an insecticide used on a variety of crops, ruling that it could hasten an already “alarming” decline in bees. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of […]
Warren County: Perils of fluoride prominent at Fiscal Court
A Warren County resident brought an issue concerning water safety to the attention of Warren County Fiscal Court on Friday. Daniel Johnson, a member of Kentuckians Against Fluoridation, presented the court a number of reasons he thinks adding fluoride to tap water should be discontinued. Johnson described fluoridation as unnecessary and unethical, saying such measures violate […]
Ten-year-old suffers traumatic brain injury after home fumigated with sulfuryl fluoride
A young Florida boy and his family are reeling after a routine termite treatment resulted in a devastating outcome. Ten-year-old Peyton McCaughey of Palm City, Florida has been in the hospital for weeks following a severe reaction to chemicals used to fumigate his family’s home. According to news reports, the fumigation was performed by Sunland Pest […]
Newport: Fluoride debate shakes city hall
NEWPORT — A large, boisterous crowd packed Newport City Hall on Tuesday night with one thing in mind — to express their opinions on the possibility of fluoridating the city’s water supply. With a three-minute time limit for each person, residents took their turn speaking to the city council during a public hearing on the […]
Leak of potentially dangerous gas sparks state safety probe at Torrance ExxonMobil refinery
State safety regulators are investigating a leak of potentially deadly modified hydrofluoric acid this week at the Torrance ExxonMobil refinery, the latest dangerous accident at the aging plant to raise questions over its ability to operate safely in a densely populated area. Sunday’s “significant incident,” as the Torrance Fire Department called it, comes in the […]
Love Canal hero speaks out against water fluoridation, joins growing calls for Fluoridegate Hearings
The woman who helped birth modern awareness of harm from hazardous chemicals is voicing her opposition to the practice of water fluoridation and calling for investigative Fluoridegate hearings. Lois Gibbs drew national attention to buried hazardous wastes in Love Canal, New York. Her actions helped capture the attention of the nation and resulted in then-President […]
Food Policy Council urges Asheville to stop fluoridating water
Back in June, the Asheville-Buncombe Food Policy Council sent a letter to Mayor Esther Manheimer and City Council “requesting the city to end the artificial fluoridation of our water supply.” Brevard, Franklin, Black Mountain and Woodfin have all cut fluoride from their water systems over the years, and the grassroots group, whose mission is to […]
Snowmass: Fluoride fight moves beyond local interests
State group funding pro-fluoride ads after Snowmass decision A state association for dental practitioners has joined the water fluoridation battle in Snowmass Village by helping to fund pro-fluoride ads in a local newspaper. “We just want to make sure the dentists, the groups talking about health, have the resources they need,” said Molly Pereira, associate […]