BOX ELDER, United States – February 8, 2026 / SoftPro Water Systems / Recent consumer studies indicate that 63% of individuals who initially opted for hardness-only systems returned within 18 months seeking chemical filtration-propelling the adoption of combination treatment systems in fluoridated areas. According to monitoring data from the Centers for Disease Control released in […]
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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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DuBois Council authorizes preliminary steps toward possible removal of fluoride from water
DuBOIS — DuBois City Council voted Wednesday night to authorize administration to begin preliminary steps toward potentially removing fluoride from the city’s public water supply, a decision officials emphasized is not final and will involve additional public notice and hearings. Interim Co-City Manager Ben Kafferlin said the issue was raised at a prior meeting, when […]
EPA initiates accelerated review of fluoride in drinking water
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has initiated an accelerated review of fluoride in drinking water under the Safe Drinking Water Act. The action marks the first step in an expedited process to evaluate potential health effects associated with fluoride exposure and could inform future regulatory decisions related to drinking water standards for the entire country. […]
House tries again to make water fluoridation optional in Kentucky
FRANKFORT — Water fluoridation would become optional in Kentucky under a bill approved Thursday by the Kentucky House. House Bill 103 passed 67-29. The House also approved the proposal last year before it died in the Senate. Primary sponsor Rep. Mark Hart, R-Falmouth, has heralded it as a local control measure, calling the state’s current […]
Fluoride ban efforts show RFK Jr.’s reach
Texas is among a growing number of states where the idea of banning fluoride is gaining traction as part of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again” movement. More than 67% of Texans were served by fluoridated community water systems in 2022, per the latest CDC estimates. Zoom in: Dallas, Fort Worth […]
The Unlikely New Director of U.S. Environmental Health Research
When organizations need to make an announcement they hope the public won’t pay much attention to, they often drop the news right before the weekend. On a Friday afternoon this past October, in the middle of a government shutdown, the National Institutes of Health director, Jay Bhattacharya, emailed his agency with unexpected news: Kyle Walsh, […]
Tivan hails ‘globally significant’ fluorite resource in WA
Tivan Limited has reported an upgrade in mineral resource estimate for its Speewah fluorite project in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, confirming the project as a globally significant fluorite resource. The updated mineral resource estimate outlines a total resource of 43.2 million tonnes grading 8.3 per cent calcium fluoride, containing 3.6 million tonnes of […]
New Kentucky bill could make water fluoridation optional
MARSHALL COUNTY, Ky. — House Bill 103 could make water fluoridation optional by bringing it to the local level. However, local leaders have differing opinions about the bill. Kentucky requires all water utilities that serve over 3,000 customers to add a low amount of fluoride to the water to help prevent dental diseases. Shannon Elam, […]
The Tale of the Vanishing Plague: Fluoride, Fear, and the Science’s Next Question
Once upon a time, there was a disease that ravaged the kingdom. It struck quietly at first, one tooth, one child, one aching night at a time. But soon its effects were everywhere: pain, disability, infection, tooth loss so common that it was accepted as ordinary fate. This plague was not smallpox or cholera. It […]
Lawrenceville receives EPA notice for water problems
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ill (WTWO/WAWV) — WTWO has obtained a violation notice from the Illinois EPA alleging violations regarding Lawrenceville’s freshwater plant. The violation notice from the Illinois EPA alleged: Structure/maintenance problems at the wellhead, which threaten the quality of the drinking water provided to customers. Failure to obtain a construction permit from the Illinois EPA for […]