Research raises new questions about whether fluoridation’s benefits outweigh its risks. If you’re like many Americans, you drink fluoridated water without questioning its safety or efficacy. For decades municipalities have been adding fluoride to water supplies to reduce the incidence of tooth decay at the advice of numerous highly credentialed entities, including the World Health […]
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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.
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.
Bromethalin: Rodent poisons not worth the risk to pets
Note from FAN: This is the molecular structure of Bromethlin: Sara is a beautiful, 4-year-old Boykin spaniel. Normally the picture of health and vitality, Sara was now in serious trouble. She arrived at the emergency clinic having seizures, a fever of 108 degrees and spasmodic contractions in all four legs. Between seizures, she wass lying […]
Is Fluoride Harmful For Health?
One of the substances that hold a high esteem in the public health organizations for its effects on the dental health but is controversial at the same time is fluoride which is not only found in the water of many countries but many products such as toothpaste as well. Fluoride was added to the public […]
Delta Dental operates in 15 states to expand fluoridation including CA, NY, GA, PA
Fluoridation Initiatives Nearly all tooth decay can be prevented when fluoridation is combined with dental sealants and other fluoride products, such as toothpaste. Why is water fluoridation so important? People living in communities with fluoridated drinking water experience 15 to 40 percent less tooth decay than those without fluoridation. Fluoride is absorbed by the gastrointestinal […]
Sodium Fluoride: Comments due November 20 to the AWWA
The American Water Works Association (AWWA) provides the standards for the chemicals used in community drinking water systems across the U.S. The AWWA have made this draft document on Sodium Fluoride available for public comment. The Deadline is Nov. 20th to submit comments. After that deadline date, comments will have to wait until the next […]
Opinion: You and your dentist may have a bone to pick with Delta Dental
Note from FAN: Delta Dental funds many fluoridation schemes As the head of Delta Dental, CEO Jim Dwyer’s salary has more than doubled to $2.75 million. The board of directors are paid more than $100,000 for part-time service. Where’s the customer focus? Something important happened for oral health in Washington. Dentists across the state closed […]
Hydrogen Fluoride from Cement Kilns – EPA’s proposal for air emission standards
Note from FAN: The following are excerpts from a lengthy proposed Rule first published on September 21, 2017. The comment period has been extended to November 21, 2017. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing amendments to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) From the Portland Cement Manufacturing Industry to address the […]
Fluoride — A Little Bit at the Wrong Time Is Devastating
CLICK HERE TO Read ORIGINAL ARTICLE Story at-a-glance Higher exposure to fluoride while in utero is associated with lower scores on tests of cognitive function in childhood Women with higher levels of fluoride in their urine during pregnancy were more likely to have children with lower intelligence Each 0.5 milligram per liter increase in pregnant […]
Tom’s of Maine celebrates 25 years of Silly Strawberry Natural Children’s Toothpaste
Note from FAN: The concern with kid-friendly tasting toothpaste is that children may swallow more of it. See more here KENNEBUNK, Maine. – Tom’s of Maine, creators of toothpaste for adults set out to use their expertise and success in making effective, natural toothpastes to construct an offering for children. The Silly Strawberry Natural Children’s Toothpaste […]
New Studies on Disordered Cathodes May Provide Much-Needed Jolt to Lithium Batteries
Today’s lithium-ion battery was invented so long ago, there are not many more efficiencies to wring out of it. Now researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) report major progress in cathodes made with so-called “disordered” materials, a promising new type of lithium battery. In a pair of papers published […]