When we open up our faucet and let water pour out, we’re engaging in the miracle of modern plumbing that began hundreds of years ago and today remains a staple of civilization. For Darienites connected to the public water supply, the process of bringing water from its source and to homes and businesses involves numerous […]
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.
Portland: Council may speed up fluoride vote
Opponents of fluoridating Portland’s water system are criticizing Commissioner Randy Leonard’s effort to speed up a public vote on the issue. The opponents have qualified a measure on the issue for the May 2014 ballot. The City Council will consider a resolution introduced by Leonard on Thursday to hold the election in May 2013 instead. […]
Columbia: Citizens raise concerns about fluoride
Columbia is joining a long list of U.S. cities taking another look at the decades-old practice of adding fluoride to public drinking water. It’s a debate that has resurfaced from time to time across the country over the past several decades. In recent years, the practice has come under fresh scrutiny from activists armed with […]
Philadelphia. City Council notes: Profile of a prolific commenter
If the three-minute testimony allowed to each member of the public during the comment period in City Council meetings each week can be regarded as an art form, then Robert Taylor should be regarded as Philadelphia’s most prolific artist. Taylor, president of Transport Workers Union Local 700 for the past 25 years and a libertarian, […]
Portland: Fluoride opponents want more study, 2014 vote
Opponents of attempts to put fluoride in Portland’s water demanded that the city form an “independent scientific review panel to evaluate safety concerns” about the process. The Clean Water Portland PAC also wants the Council to reject efforts that would move up a public referendum on fluoridation by a year, from May 2014 to next […]
Letter: Fluoridation Has Sound Science Behind It
To the Editor: Bravo to the Valley News for its wise and commonsensical editorial on Dec. 2, “Bradford Regresses.” As a pediatrician, I see children every week from Bradford who will be hurt by the removal of fluoride from the water. We have an oral health crisis here, and both kids and seniors are counting […]
Bradford, Vt., Commission Reaffirms Decision to End Water Fluoridation
Bradford — Water and Sewer Commission members have voted to reaffirm their May decision to remove fluoride from the town’s water supply. Commissioners initially voted in May to end fluoridation, a decision that flew under the radar for months before sparking a backlash from dentists and residents. On Tuesday, the commission took another vote, and […]
City of Terrytown considers water options
Terrytown officials voted to put the process of adding fluoride to the city’s public water supply on hold. Under the advisement of City Engineer Jeff Wolfe, members of the Terrytown City Council agreed to wait for the results of an engineering report that would factor in the cost of fluoridation while still making necessary upgrades […]
Transcript of live Q&A on fluoride with Onondaga County health commissioner Cynthia Morrow
Dr. Cynthia Morrow, commissioner of health for Onondaga County, answered questions about community water fluoridation and the safety of fluoride during a live Q&A session on syracuse.com today. Read the full transcript of the Q&A below. Morrow has been the health commissioner since 2005. She has an undergraduate degree in psychobiology from Swarthmore College, master’s […]
DOE Issues Request for Quotations for Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride Conversion Technical Services
Cincinnati – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today issued a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for engineering and operations technical services to support the Portsmouth Paducah Project Office and the oversight of operations of the Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride (DUF6) Conversion Project located in Paducah KY, and Portsmouth OH. The RFQ is for a Time-and-Materials Task […]