From the FDA’s point of view, OTC [over the counter, no prescription needed] drugs and weedkiller just don’t mix. That is the message delivered in a newly posted warning letter to an Iowa company that the FDA says hasn’t seemed to learn from past mistakes. The FDA sent a warning letter late last month to […]
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.
Tea-drinkers risk fluoride-damaged bones and more, studies shows
New York – January 8, 2018 — Some teas contain more fluoride than EPA allows in public water supplies, which can do skeletal damage, according to research published in Environmental Pollution (Das, et al. 12/2017), reports the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc. (NYSCOF) It’s undisputed that excessive fluoride ingestion can cause many […]
This new treatment could make your next trip to the dentist more bearable
Note from FAN: Please remember that little is known about the potential toxicity or potential health effects from treatment with silver diammine fluoride. The comments on its safety are similar to what we hear from dentists about fluoride and fluoridation. A new method of treating tooth decay using silver nitrate may make the pain, and […]
Fluoride is being added to more everyday products. How much is too much?
December 27, 2017 12:28 PM, Updated December 31, 2017 10:12 AM In the early 1900s, a young dentist named Frederick McKay moved to a Colorado town where the residents’ teeth — though in some cases stained chocolate brown — had far less decay than was typical back then. He and other researchers eventually linked the […]
2017. Cryolite: U.S. Estimated Annual Agricultural Pesticide Use
Cryolite Use by Year: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Epest-High Epest-Low CAUTION: State-based and other restrictions on pesticide use were not incorporated into EPest-high or EPest-low estimates. EPest-low estimates usually reflect these restrictions because […]
Unfiltered Fervor: The Rush to Get Off the Water Grid
SAN FRANCISCO — At Rainbow Grocery, a cooperative in this city’s Mission District, one brand of water is so popular that it’s often out of stock. But one recent evening, there was a glittering rack of it: glass orbs containing 2.5 gallons of what is billed as “raw water” — unfiltered, untreated, unsterilized spring water, […]
See how fluoridation was explained to the public in 1952
? A public service announcement produced by the U.S. Public Health Service in 1952 explains what fluoridation does and how it is distributed in the water supply. *Original article and video online at http://www.kansascity.com/article191837644.html
EPA silences experts speaking out against fluoride
It’s the oldest trick in the book: Suppress information by silencing those who have something important to say. In this case, that something is about water fluoridation — and those who are trying to keep us from hearing the truth are with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Attempting to keep top scientists quiet isn’t easy, […]
SpaceX cargo mission to space station set for launch
SpaceX appears set to launch its 13th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station for NASA on Friday after scuttling several earlier attempts this month. Meteorologists are predicting a 90 percent chance of favourable weather for liftoff of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon spacecraft, NASA said. The launch will take […]
Garlic and fluorine show drug delivery promise
A new study has reported success, in terms of drug delivery, with the unusual combination of garlic and fluorine. This partly relates to garlic’s use as a traditional medicine. It’s the case of ancient medicine meeting modern technology. For centuries the allium root vegetable garlic has been used as a medicine, from the times of […]