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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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Watertown: From Flouride to Dog Parks; City Council ponders several issues
Excerpt: … Also at last night’s council meeting, several residents spoke out against fluoride being put in the city’s water supply, citing health concerns. The city will take up the matter at their next work session… Read full article
Portland’s Fluoridation Opponents Could Learn a Lot from Fairbanks
Like it or not, fluoridation is all mixed up in politics. I don’t like it at all, but I don’t always get what I want, as evidenced by Stanford beating the Ducks last Saturday. I also don’t like taking drugs unless I absolutely have to. Fluoride is a drug. It’s not an essential nutrient, like […]
Fluoridation plan on track for Santa Clara Valley Water District
Silicon Valley’s biggest water provider took another step this week toward treating the drinking supply with fluoride. A committee of the Santa Clara Valley Water District board voted 3-0 Monday on a recommendation to fund fluoridation at its three water treatment plants. The plan calls for the water district to spend $4.2 million while the […]
Coon Rapids recognized for water quality
The city of Coon Rapids has been recognized for its water fluoridation quality by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). According to the 2011 Water Fluoridation Quality Award, the CDC commends the city’s water system “for its consistent and professional adjustment of the water fluoride content to the optimum level or oral […]
Bradford Stops Fluoridating Water Supply, Upsetting Dentists
A decision by Bradford Water and Sewer Commission officials to stop fluoridating the public water supply — after doing so for more than three decades — has prompted strong opposition from an Upper Valley dentist who wonders why the five-member water board did not seek medical advice before making that move. Chairman Robert Nutting, who […]
Gilbert water treatment problems identified
An independent audit of Gilbert’s water-treatment operations found the town is meeting bare-minimum standards for safety and quality while struggling to deal with vacant positions, insufficient training and a sometimes-intentional lack of communication, officials told the Town Council on Tuesday. Colorado-based CH2M HILL Engineers conducted the audit, which was ordered by the council after town […]
ABC11 Investigates: How safe is Fluoride in our water?
Watch online DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) — Corey Sturmer didn’t know much about fluoride in his drinking water until a year ago, when his dentist told him he has fluorisis, a condition that causes white spotting, yellowing and browning of the teeth, and erosion of the enamel. “I asked my dentist … is there fluoride in […]
Train Derailment: Crews Now Working on Hydrogen Fluoride Cars
Crews successfully finished moving early Wednesday the chemical butadiene from the train derailment site in southwestern Jefferson County. The butadiene has been delivered to a rail yard, according to MetroSafe. At 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, crews began working to work on car containing another dangerous chemical, hydrogen fluoride, MetroSafe said. MetroSafe said the “trans-loading” — moving […]
EPA, 3 firms agree to plan for W.Va. waste site
RAVENSWOOD, W.Va. (AP) — Three companies have agreed to work on a former industrial site in Ravenswood to prevent a waste pile loaded with cyanide and fluoride from contaminating soil and groundwater, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday. The 2.7-acre waste site is fenced off inside an active industrial complex about 900 feet from […]