Niceville will stop adding fluoride to its drinking water system starting January 15th after the council voted to end its introduction to the City’swater system. According to City Manager David Deitch, Niceville was the last city in Okaloosa County that continued to put the element into the drinking water. “My recommendation to you [is] that […]
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.
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Statewide: The fluoride debate
Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., wants to get fluoride out of the water supply. While most have claimed the addition as a public health success, some health experts are now concerned about emerging research. Original article online at: https://www.wvik.org/illinois/2025-01-16/statewide-the-fluoride-debate
Survey shows 72% of Kansans support reducing fluoride in water systems
Once considered vital to the prevention of tooth decay, the addition of fluoride to public water systems is now losing favor in Kansas as evidence grows of the negative effects of high concentrations of the mineral. A federal court has recently ruled that fluoride in drinking water poses “an unreasonable risk” to children, and ordered the United […]
Concerns grow about fluoride in water, how much is in Erie’s?
A recently released study links exposure to high levels of fluoride to lower IQ in children raising concerns about fluoride in drinking water. Between that study from the National Institutes of Health and concerns raised by Robert F. Kennedy Junior, the addition of fluoride to drinking water is being looked at with a more critical […]
Fluoride eats holes in concrete
Recently, the Philadelphia Inquirer published an editorial reprinted in the Sun Gazette that dismissed RFK Jr.’s promise to end fluoridation if appointed Secretary of Health and Human Services. While the article paints RFK Jr. in a negative light, it also perpetuates myths about fluoridation that deserve a closer look. 1. “Fluoride is not an industrial waste […]
What’s Going On With Fluoride and Children’s IQs?
Fluoride is one of the most interesting stories of public health improvement. It all began over 100 years ago, with two simple observations: 1) that lots of people in some areas of the world had weird marks on their teeth, and 2) that somehow they never seemed to lose them to decay. After over a […]
Fluoride-alright-alright!
Like many sane people, I am not a big fan of RFK Jr. So when Mike Pesca of The Gist asked me to investigate whether there’s cause for concern when it comes to fluoride being added to drinking water, I thought the answer was an obvious and resounding “no.” After all, we have been adding […]
Many Americans are unsure if fluoride is being added to their water supply
Washington DC, January 15, 2025—A new Ipsos poll finds that while a majority of Americans are familiar with the use of fluoride in the U.S. water supply, a plurality doesn’t know if fluoride is currently being added to the water supplying their home. The poll also finds that while a plurality doesn’t know if the […]
GRU Authority ends solar agreement, residents discuss fluoride
Another group of public commenters urged the GRU Authority to stop adding fluoride to Gainesville’s drinking water, which it has done since the 1940s. The request follows a nationwide trend to reconsider adding fluoride to drinking water—largely prompted by comments by Robert Kennedy Jr., who President-elect Donald Trump has picked as the next secretary of […]
Melbourne to stop adding fluoride to drinking water
After three hours of impassioned pleas and dueling science among dozens of dentists, the Melbourne City Council voted Tuesday to stop adding fluoride to the city’s drinking water. By a 6-to-1 vote, the City Council decided to discontinue the practice, immediately, after more than 40 speakers at the marathon meeting that lasted into the wee […]