Note from Fluoride Action Network: The state of Michigan fluoridates 90.9% of public drinking water. Jacqui Day hasn’t seen a dentist for a checkup for more than a year. And she’s bracing herself for the dull, throbbing pain ahead. One of 400,000 Michigan adults who lost Medicaid dental coverage with state budget cuts in July, […]
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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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Xenia: City council to consider fluoridation
According to the article in the Dayton Daily Times the city council will consider fluoridation at their meeting on November 24. Residents voted against adding fluoride to the water on 3 occasions: 1969, 1987, and 2005. See full article: Fluoride in water on agenda in Xenia again by Christopher Magan.
Plattsburgh: City councilors vote to keep fluoride
City of Plattsburgh councilors voted in favor of keeping fluoride in the city’s drinking water. Councilors Timothy Carpenter (D-Ward 1), George Rabideau (R-Ward 3), James Calnon (I-Ward 4) and Chris Jackson (D-Ward 6) voted against a measure to remove fluoride from the city’s water supply while Michael Kelly (D-Ward 2) and Amy Valentine (D-Ward 5) […]
Cache: high levels of fluoride puts hold on water service upgrade
CACHE, Okla. (AP) — City officials in the southwestern Oklahoma town of Cache are putting an indefinite hold on upgrades to the city’s water service. Mayor Shawn Komacheet says the water at two test wells drilled earlier this year is not fit for drinking. He says the city will look for other options for expanding […]
Plattsburgh: City council to vote on fluoride use
PLATTSBURGH — The much-anticipated vote on whether to continue adding fluoride to the City of Plattsburgh’s drinking water will be held tonight. The debate over fluoride has been raging in the city for nearly a year. Opponents of the chemical believe it threatens harmful side effects that can cause numerous health issues. Supporters believe it […]
Permit Hearing for U.S. Steel in Gary, Indiana
Environment officials are in the final stages of issuing a new permit to U.S. Steel in Gary, Indiana. The permit limits the amount of polluted water the company can discharge into Lake Michigan. By all measures, this proposed permit is much more stringent on U.S. Steel than in the past. The Federal Environmental Protection Agency […]
San Diego about 18 months away from completing fluoridation installation
San Diego City Council voted 5-to-2 today to approve another water rate increase. It’s the sixth rate hike in the last two years. Unlike other recent water rate increases, city officials said this was simply passing along cost hikes from the County Water Authority. Councilman Todd Gloria summed up his reluctant support of the rate […]
FIRST MENTION – Fluoride, 1931
A dentist named Frederick S. McKay opened his practice in 1901 in Colorado Springs and soon noticed something odd about his patients: many of them had brown, mottled teeth, very ugly but also highly resistant to decay. McKay collected water samples from several areas where brown teeth were common and sent them to a chemist […]
Maryland: Hazardous waste dumping alleged at two county Metro stations
Federal prosecutors have filed charges against Metro for allegedly dumping hazardous waste into sewage systems at the Branch Avenue and New Carrollton rail yards — facilities where train cars are cleaned — in 2003. Metro officials confirmed that wastewater was discharged at both facilities into sewer systems, but the agency stopped the process in 2003, […]
Study Links Fluoride to Premature Births
State University of New York (SUNY) researchers found more premature births in fluoridated than non-fluoridated upstate New York communities, according to a presentation made at the American Public Health Association’s annual meeting on November 9, 2009 in Philadelphia. (1) Fluoridation is the addition of fluoride chemicals into public water supplies ostensibly to prevent tooth decay. […]