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.

Mixed opinions on fluoridation of Cornwall’s water

| United Kingdom | England

Councillors are torn over plans to add fluoride to Cornwall’s water supply in a bid to tackle “worsening oral decay levels”. The council’s health and adult social care overview and scrutiny committee met on Wednesday to discuss starting the process of adding the chemical compound to the water system. It comes after a report to […]

RFK Jr. Reportedly Reviewing Top Health Roles Under Trump

| United States | National

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a controversial figure known for his opposition to pharmaceutical and food industry practices, is positioning himself as a key influencer in public health and regulatory policy under President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration. According to sources close to Kennedy, the environmental lawyer and former independent presidential candidate is actively reviewing candidates for […]

Some residents want end to Durango’s fluoridation of drinking water

| United States | Colorado

In response to emails from Durango area residents concerned about water fluoridation in the city’s water, the city of Durango invited the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to establish the facts. Fluoride, a natural mineral used in toothpaste, has also been used in public drinking water for at least 79 years. Now, it’s […]

What do we know about fluoridated water?

| United States | National

Now that Donald Trump has won the presidential election, he could start a campaign to make America’s tap water fluoride-free again. Federal health officials have been recommending fluoridating water since 1950, as there’s copious evidence that moderate fluoride exposure reduces tooth decay. But Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—who is a member of the president-elect’s transition team […]

Councillors’ struggle on fluoride addition to Cornwall water

| United Kingdom | England

A number of Cornwall councillors have spoken of their struggle with the philosophical and ethical issue of the government adding fluoride to the Duchy’s drinking water. The issue split a health committee which met on Wednesday to discuss starting the process of adding the chemical compound to the water system. In England and Wales, less than […]

RFK Jr.’s plan to ban fluoridation? Work’s already underway

| United States | National

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vow to remove fluoride from the nation’s drinking water would be a time-consuming and politically fraught task for the incoming Trump administration — but not an impossible one. Adding the cavity-fighting chemical to water supplies was one of the 20th century’s signature public health achievements, according to the Centers for Disease […]