If it’s so good for you, why did the New Hanover County Health Department decide to send out a release noting the health benefits of it? And why does the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority have information from the Centers for Disease Control on its Web site promoting its virtues? So goes the country’s complicated […]
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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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Dangerous Ideas. #1: Drug Our Drinking Water
Adding trace amounts of lithium to the drinking water could limit suicides. Two studies, a recent one in Japan and an older one in Texas, have shown that this naturally occurring substance, used as a psychotropic drug to combat bipolar disorder, could have beneficial effects for society: Communities with higher than average amounts of lithium […]
McMinnville: Council asked to reconsider fluoride issue
This November will mark the 50th anniversary of McMinnville residents’ vote to fluoridate the city water supply, resident Jo McIntyre told the city council Tuesday. She said that makes it a good time for the council to send the issue back to the voters, to see if they’d like to reconsider. McIntyre told the council […]
Escambia County: Editorial for Pro-Fluoridation Candidates for Utilities Authority
Under normal circumstances, incumbent candidates have a leg up in elections. And while this year an anti-incumbent trend seems to be sweeping the country, we think incumbency is a plus for candidates for the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority. With the biggest public works project in Escambia County history — the new sewage treatment plant — […]
Fluoride Divide. A 60-year Debate Revisited in Escambia County
Some experts have called it a breakthrough in human health innovation, while others have pitted it as a toxic, government infringement. But while the controversial issue of water fluoridation dates back to its initial integration into public drinking utilities during the 1940s, there has been little buzz surrounding it in Escambia County since it was […]
Trivani International Creates Toxin Free Toothpaste
Springville, Utah – Trivani International, the world’s first Purpose Marketing company, has created a toxin free toothpaste as a healthy alternative to grocery store brand products. This development is the result of a plethora of research and studies about the effects of fluoride in regular toothpastes. The Journal of the American Medical Association (1990-1992) has […]
Furor over fluoride hard to swallow
Ten years ago, a push to put fluoride in our water failed, barely, at the polls. The forces of fluoridation vowed to keep up the fight. Unfortunately, it’s the forces against fluoride who have kept fighting. And they’re winning, big time, using the same tools that flat-earthers drag out to deny global warming or argue […]
World Net Daily writer says Fluoride is good for you. An open letter to Phil Elmore
Writers Note: The following is a lengthy article with links to government documents. In order to fully understand the argument presented, it is suggested the reader save the documents and study them. Keyword searches of the terms presented below will help better understand the dangers of fluoride. After reading an article entitled Is flouride part […]
Walden board to reconsider fluoridating village water
WALDEN — Three months after voting to take fluoride out of village water, the Village Board will consider a law Tuesday that reintroduces it. Weeks after the April decision, which was prompted by concerns about worker safety and corrosive effects on the plant, local dentists asked the board to reconsider. The American Dental Association and […]
Sandpoint drops fluoride from water
SANDPOINT — Residents here will no longer be able to gargle with city water to get fluoride on their teeth. The city council voted 4-2 this week to quit adding fluoride to the municipal water system, which serves communities from Kootenai to Dover, including Sandpoint. After being tabled for two years, the glass tipped against […]