According to the Executive Summary: What we found is alarming: At least one in every three schoolchildren in America today (36 percent of pre-kindergarten through high school students) attends a school within the vulnerability zone of a hazardous chemical facility. Over 19.6 million children in 48 states are in such a zone. Most of the […]
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.
Healdsburg Community Health Forum: Fluoridation discussion with Dr Bill Osmunson
This November, Ballot Measure P will allow Healdsburg voters to decide whether or not to stop fluoridating their city’s tapwater. Most residents would like to know more about the issue before voting. On September 20, 2014, Fluoride-Free Healdsburg sponsored a Community Health Forum at the Healdsburg Regional Library. It was a rare opportunity for the […]
Oregon’s 2014-2020 Oral Health Strategic Plan – Coming to a City Near You!
The Oregon Oral Health Coalition and the Oral Health Funders Collaborative are leading the effort to develop a new Oral Health Strategic Plan for Oregon. The DRAFT Strategic Plan for Oral Health in Oregon contains three key focus areas: Prevention, Workforce, and Infrastructure. It incorporates Healthy People 2020 oral health objectives, a set of national […]
Why we changed our minds about fluoridation
Like many of our professional colleagues, we long held a belief that water fluoridation was beneficial and relatively low-risk. We now feel otherwise. We are convinced that it is of small benefit and carries an unacceptably large risk. What changed our thinking so dramatically? While reviewing medical studies for a new book, we were shocked […]
Topsfield TM opts for further study of fluoride in water
Voters at the Topsfield Special Town Meeting on September 30 quickly approved a motion by the Finance Committee to authorize the Moderator to appoint a five-member study committee to report to the next duly convened Annual Town Meeting on the subject of fluoridation of the Topsfield public water supply. Mark Lyons, chairman of the Finance […]
An ‘unnecessary’ process? Waynesville stops water fluoridation
Around 1950, cities in the U.S began adding fluoride to the water supply as a way to reduce tooth decay. And ever since, water fluoridation has been a debated issue. Despite evidence that fluoride treatment is beneficial to oral health, the town of Waynesville, Mo. recently voted to stop adding fluoride to its water system. […]
Oliver Springs to revisit anti-fluoride vote
The Oliver Springs Water Board will be revisiting the fluoride issue in November after recently voting to stop putting the controversial chemical in the town’s water supply. Not all the state-required steps were taken before the board’s vote, City Manager Tina Treece said. Full story available to subscribers
FluorideGate deepens with release of 2000 pages of FOIA documents
Emails released by freedom-of-information requests reveal a too-close relationship among members of the Centers for Disease Control’s Oral Health Division (CDC), the American Dental Association (ADA) and the Pew Foundation. It appears they protect fluoridation while dismissing, insulting and marginalizing those who raise valid health concerns, reports New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc […]
Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Counties: Board supports fluoride in water
COLDWATER — In a 5-1 vote, Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Counties Community Health Agency (CHA) commissioners issued a resolution supporting fluoride in water supplies. Only Hillsdale County Commissioner Brad Benzing voted no. The issue will come back for a vote Nov. 4 in the city of Bronson, officials of which are considering removal after years of adding […]
Oak Bluffs board of health hosts heated fluoride debate
Following a tempestuous public meeting last Thursday night at the Oak Bluffs Public Library, the board of health took no action on the question of whether to continue the practice of adding fluoride to the town water supply, as it has since 1991. The board agreed to take the issue under advisement and consider the […]