Action Alert Loveland Utilities Commission to Hold Special Meeting on Fluoride 9/30/14 Do you have grassroots supporters that live in Loveland? If so, we have a strong need for them to take action to protect community water fluoridation in their city! Please share this important information with them. The Loveland Utilities Commission will hold […]
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.
Loveland: Public should be heard on fluoridation
Back in 2010, the Loveland Water Department consciously made a choice which compromised the public health of the community, deprived a cohort of young children of a lifetime preventive-health benefit, and cost city residents millions in avoidable health-care costs. When the department began construction on “Filter Plant 2,” it turned off its fluoridation capability. It […]
Harvard Research finds link between fluoridated water, ADHD and mental disorders
New research published in The Lancet by researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) found that various chemicals that many children are exposed to are having a direct effect on the creation of disorders labeled under the name ADHD as well as other […]
Rockport sends measure to state legislature
The efforts by Cape Ann anti-fluoride proponents ascended another hurdle last week when the Rockport Board of Selectmen approved sending the question of discontinuing fluoride use in the town’s water to the state Legislature. But when it will eventually come up for an official vote is still uncertain, especially in terms of making the ballot […]
Letter: ‘Come to Topsfield Town Meeting Sept. 30’
To the editor, On September 30, 2014, Topsfield citizens will have the opportunity to vote for continuing to fluoridate town water or to stop fluoridating. Since fluoridation started over 60 years ago, there have been on-going discussions as to its effectiveness. The American Dental Association (ADA) says it is the right thing to do. The […]
Fluoridation Question Provokes Heated Debate in Oak Bluffs
The question of whether Oak Bluffs should continue to fluoridate its water supply was the subject of heated debate Thursday before the Oak Bluffs board of health, with emotions running high on both sides of the issue. The question remains unresolved after Thursday’s meeting; the board did not vote and board members said they would […]
PFOS: Fish still contaminated with phased-out Scotchgard chemical
A persistent chemical formerly used in Scotchgard still contaminates most fish in U.S. rivers and the Great Lakes despite a phase-out a dozen years ago, a new federal study shows. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency researchers found perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) in all of the 157 fish sampled from nearshore waters in the five Great Lakes […]
Loveland: Fluoridation meeting set for Tuesday
Loveland’s Utilities Commission will take a look Tuesday at an issue that has been pretty low on the city’s radar for the past 60 years: fluoridation of city water. At a meeting slated for 4 p.m. at the Police and Courts Building, 810 E. 10th St., a pair of presentations is planned for commissioners: one […]
U.S. EPA proposes to eliminate mercury pollution from dentist offices nationwide
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a proposal to eliminate mercury pollution from dental offices nationwide. These new Clean Water Act standards would cut discharges of dental amalgam – a mixture of mercury and other metals that dentists use to fill cavities. Under this proposal, dentists must use devices to remove mercury and other […]
Oak Bluffs board of health weighs ending fluoridation
This Thursday night the Oak Bluffs board of health (BOH) is scheduled to hold a public hearing and possible vote on the continued fluoridation of the town water supply. Oak Bluffs is the only one of the three Island towns with municipal water service that adds fluoride to its water, but for the most part, […]