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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.
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DRUC: No plans to stop adding fluoride to water
Although several Tennessee cities have voted to discontinue the adding of fluoride to their municipal water systems, the Duck River Utility Commission (DRUC) has no plans to stop using the chemical known to benefit oral health. Randal Braker, manager of DRUC, which supplies water to Tullahoma, Manchester and surrounding areas, said he has yet to […]
Des Moines Water Works asks public about fluoride in drinking water
The Des Moines Water Works has added fluoride to the drinking water for more than 50 years. It stops tooth decay, but critics say it’s toxic. Water Works General Manager Bill Stowe is well aware of the controversy, and so is longtime Des Moines resident Jeri Kemple. View video. Bill Stowe said, “We just think […]
Clarksburg: Anti-fluoride forces turn out at Water Board meeting
Opponents of adding fluoride to the water supply continued to argue their case Tuesday before the Clarksburg Water Board. Shannon Jackson, with Clean Water Clarksburg, presented the Water Board with rival petitions for and against the fluoridation of the city’s potable water. Some 56 people signed the petition against fluoridation, while 16 others signed the […]
The next phase: Kaiser’s Mead smelting plant undergoes demolition
Thousands of people drew paychecks from the sprawling Kaiser Aluminum smelter in north Spokane during its more than 50 years of operation. The California company that bought the Mead site last year is about a third of the way through a project to put people to work on the property again, this time as a new […]
University lab discovers fascinating new ion channel
Professor Christopher Miller (BCHM) co-authored a paper on the structure of a newly discovered fluoride-exporting ion channel. This channel, which removes ions toxic to certain microorganisms, has a particularly unique structure that fascinates scientists. Meanwhile, as Professor Miller is out of the country, students at Brandeis conduct research in his lab on fluoride carriers. The […]
Editorial: Davis rejects fluoride and we all save money
One of the best aspects of the Davis City Council rejecting fluoridation of its drinking water is that Woodland most likely won’t be faced with the same request. Acting Tuesday, the Davis council voted 4-1 against the plan to add the cavity-fighting mineral to its water supply. City leaders feared anger over the additive could […]
Gov. Brown signs first fracking bill in California
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed the first law in the state of California that places specific requirements on operators when they utilize various well stimulation practices aimed at increasing oil and gas production in the state. Dubbed the Pavley Bill – for the bills author state senator Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills) – SB 4 authorizes […]
Fluoride Rule in Prescott, Ariz., Spurs Lawsuit
An Arizona town’s new fluoride standards for effluent could kill a local business that reclaims silicon wafers for the semiconductor industry, it claims in Federal Court. Pure Wafer says that the city of Prescott’s newly adopted fluoride limit of 16.3 mg/L, and the threat of fines of up to $25,000 per day for violations, threatens […]
Davis rejects fluoride in city drinking water
Davis’ City Council soundly rejected a proposal to fluoridate the city’s drinking water in a 4-1 vote late Tuesday after facing heavy opposition from city residents and fearing that anger over the additive could derail Davis’ larger plans to draw water from the Sacramento River. Voters in March passed Measure I, authorizing city leaders to […]