Excerpts: Clauis Alden “C.A.” Stubbs, whose banjo strumming and organizational skills made him a local folk hero and feared anti-taxation crusader, is remembered by many as a champion of the oppressed, having twice backed efforts in the 1990s to defeat the proposed Applewhite reservoir. “He fought for the common man,” said his sister, Theda Yager […]
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.
In Case of First Impression, Court Rules EPA Wrongly Dismissed Citizen Group’s TSCA Section 21 Petition
On December 21, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had wrongly dismissed a Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 21 petition submitted by Food & Water Watch, Inc. and other citizens seeking the regulation of fluoridation of drinking water supplies under TSCA […]
Michael Connett’s Merry Christmas Message from San Francisco
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“A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is a reality.” — John Lennon Click on the image below for an exciting message from FAN’s Legal Advisor, attorney Michael Connet: Fundraiser update. We had our best day of this year’s fundraiser yesterday by a very large margin. We jumped […]
Fluoride hits 2.28 lakh people in Andhra Pradesh
Note from FAN: According to Wikipedia, one lakh = 100,000 x 2.28 = 228,000 people. Visakhapatnam: As many as 2.28 lakh people in 349 habitations across Andhra Pradesh are affected by the high fluoride concentration in the drinking water. The drinking water contains excess fluoride in 11 out of the 13 districts, whereas all the […]
Toxic rinsing: Researchers warn against mouthwash
HYDERABAD: Excessive use of mouthwash or mouth rinses may lead to genetic toxicity, causing severe health issues, warn researchers. Calling for judicious use of cosmetic and therapeutic mouth rinse, the researchers said overuse of chemical mouthwash may damage the inner lining of the mouth (buccal cavity) as the chemicals used are known for their genotoxicity […]
Timeline of TSCA Lawsuit Against the Environmental Protection Agency
Below is the timeline of the events leading up to yesterdays ruling by the Federal Court judge that denied EPA’s request to dismiss the Petition to ban fluoride chemicals into the public drinking water. This Petition was submitted under Section 21 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). This ruling allows the law suit against […]
U.S. judge says groups can sue EPA over drinking water fluoridation
Opponents of fluoridated drinking water can proceed with a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Toxic Substances Control Act, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled on Thursday. U.S. District Judge Edward Chen denied EPA’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit by Food & Water Watch, the Fluoride Action Network and other groups […]
EPA Can’t Ditch Enviro’s Fluoride Fight, Calif. Judge Says
A California federal judge on Thursday denied the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s bid to toss a lawsuit from Food & Water Watch and others seeking to ban drinking-water fluoridation, rejecting the agency’s assertion the advocates didn’t provide enough information to determine if the chemical poses an unreasonable risk. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Edward […]
Court Denies EPA’s Bid To End Fluoride Suit, Muddying TSCA ‘Uses’ Issue
In a first-time decision, a federal judge has denied EPA’s request to dismiss environmentalists’ lawsuit charging that EPA had wrongly dismissed their Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) petition seeking to ban drinking water fluoridation, but the decision could complicate other litigation challenging which “uses” the agency considers when assessing substances under the new TSCA law. […]
Delving into the atomic realm
Models and schematic diagrams are powerful tools for studying the fundamental workings of chemistry, but they’re not enough for Wilson Ho. “Atoms, molecules and the bonds that hold them together – I want to see these things as they actually appear in nature,” says Ho, UCI’s Donald Bren Professor of Physics & Astronomy and Chemistry. […]