The City of Eudora has been working hard for the last several months to improve the quality of water in the city. While we have been unable to obtain the latest numbers from the city, numbers provided to us in late 2011 and early 2012 indicated that the city’s quality of water showing significant improvement. […]
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.
The Hidden Dangers of Drinking Water
I was born in the early 1960s in Seoul, Korea, and clean water was hard to come by. We bathed at the local bathhouses and had toilets outside of the home. As a child, I remember we pumped our water from a well in our backyard. We were able to wash our hands, feet, and […]
Carroll-Boone Water: Fluoride project delayed (updated)
EUREKA SPRINGS — Opponents of mandatory fluoridated drinking water heard good news Thursday at the quarterly Carroll-Boone Water District meeting: CBWD attorney Dan Bowers said Delta Dental had told him that the fluoride project has been delayed considerably. “We have withdrawn our proposal and replaced it with a similar proposal, but the funding period is […]
What Are They Drinking in New York City?
New York is known for its food niche stores: The Hummus Place. The Doughnut Plant. The Dumpling Man. Even a spot dedicated solely to rice pudding. But this week, a store in the East Village went a step further: It sells New York City tap water. Not just any tap water, insist the owners of […]
Bozeman: Petition to have vote on water fluoridation fails
A petition to force a vote on whether Bozeman should continue adding fluoride to its water supply has failed. Fluoride Free Bozeman needed to collect 4,041 signatures by July 10 to put the issue on November election ballots. The group collected 372 signatures, of which 211 were valid, Gallatin County Elections Administrator Charlotte Mills said […]
Carlton: Citizens speak up at council meeting
It was citizens’ night at the Carlton City Council meeting Tuesday, July 10. The first speaker was Jeff Chandler, who discussed his opposition to the addition of fluoride to the city water supply. Quoting a report from a Dr. William Campbell Douglass, he argued that the fluoride that is added to public water systems as […]
Former Surgeon General David Satcher Says Oral Health Epidemic Persists
Atlanta, GA – Twelve years after issuing a landmark report that offered a framework for improving access to oral health, former Surgeon General David Satcher said that profound oral health problems still exist for large portions of the population and issued a renewed call for action to expand access to oral health care, particularly in […]
Wichita: Fluoride debate not an immediate priority for City Council
Don’t expect the Wichita City Council to jump into the fluoride debate soon. There’s a case of fluoride fatigue developing at City Hall, where council members are immersed in a difficult budget summer and don’t welcome the distraction of a public debate over adding a costly chemical to the city’s water, they say. It’s a […]
ADA: The State of Fluoridation
After 67 years, challenges continue across nation For 67 years, community water fluoridation has been part of the landscape in the United States public health arena. Hundreds of studies have confirmed its safety and effectiveness in reducing caries rates since 1945, when Grand Rapids, Mich., became the first community to adjust the fluoride levels in […]
ADA: Sound strategies to help protect fluoridation
There are a few simple steps individual dentists, dental societies and oral health coalitions can take to help protect fluoridation for residents in their communities, said Dr. John Hanck, chair of the National Fluoridation Advisory Committee and member of the ADA Council on Access, Prevention and Interprofessional Relations: • Read your annual Water Quality Report—Water […]