Medicaid payments too low, expert says Health officials have made strides in getting low-income kids in Spokane County to the dentist, but regular dental care remains beyond the reach of many adults. More than 30 percent of the county’s adults have lost a tooth to decay, according to the Spokane Regional Health District. Emergency room visits related […]
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.
Rutland. Letter: Stopping fluoride in city water
Rutland Fluoride Action is a local effort to raise awareness about the treatment of city water with fluoride. The goal is to stop this practice of 30-plus years in the city. Putting hazardous waste from a phosphate fertilizer plant in Florida into city water is neither risk-free nor very effective. If just one in a […]
PFOA report: Poisoned Legacy
DuPont’s Dirty History In 2005 the Environmental Protection Agency fined chemical giant DuPont a record $16.5 million over its decades-long cover-up of the health hazards of C8, also known as PFOA. One of a family of perfluorinated chemicals, or PFCs, PFOA was a key ingredient in making Teflon, the non-stick, waterproof, stain-resistant “miracle of modern […]
Activist presses Davis on water supply’s fluoride levels
FARMINGTON — The optimal recommended fluoride level in drinking water to prevent tooth decay is at 0.7 milligrams of fluoride per liter of water, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. A Waterwatch of Utah official recommended on Tuesday that the Davis County Commission have the Davis Board of Health adopt that standard. “The […]
Letter: Dentistry prof recommends voting fluoridation out
To the editor: I served 3.5 years on the US National Academies of Sciences Subcommittee on Fluoride in Drinking Water. The NAS is sometimes referred to as the “Supreme Court of Science,” an organization that sets up unbiased (or balanced) committees to review scientific issues of concern to Americans. The committee on which I served […]
The Madrid Statement on Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs)
The Madrid Statement documents the scientific consensus regarding the persistence and potential for harm of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), and lays out a roadmap to gather needed information and prevent further harm. Click here to sign As scientists and other professionals from a variety of disciplines, we are concerned about the production and release […]
Scientists call for limits on emerging class of common, long-lived chemicals
More than 200 scientists from 38 countries spoke with one voice today, calling for curbs on the global production and use of a class of chemicals found in hundreds of grease- and water-resistant industrial and consumer products. To avoid long-term harm to the environment and human health, nations should act now to limit use of […]
Public Health Service Recommendation for Fluoride Concentration in Drinking Water for Prevention of Dental Caries
Note from FAN: The Department of Health & Human Services released this same information on April 27, 2015, in Public Health Reports as noted in their press release. Summary Through this final recommendation, the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) updates and replaces its 1962 Drinking Water Standards related to community water fluoridation—the controlled addition of […]
Fluoridation vote on May 5 Oneida Council agenda
ONEIDA – Fluoridation of the water supply will be put to a vote at the May 5 Oneida Common Council meeting according to an agenda released Friday. Among other agenda items, the council will receive and place on file a form notifying the city of the intent of the Kallet Civic Center to file for […]
Due to decison by Clarksburg Water Board, future public water in Bridgeport won’t include flouride
Whether Bridgeport residents will notice it remains to be seen, but their drinking water will soon be different. Thanks to a decision by the Clarksburg Water Board Tuesday evening, fluoride will no longer be purchased and included in the water supply. The Water Board voted 2-1 to make the move. The City of Bridgeport, like […]