FAN’s Letter to Rick Woychik, PhD, on ADA’s Comments on the NTP Report.

See pdf of letter here February 22, 2022 Rick Woychik, Ph.D. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 111 TW Alexander Drive Durham, NC 27709 Re: ADA’s Comments on NTP Report Dear Dr. Woychik, We write today to comment on a letter that the American Dental Association (ADA) recently wrote to the National Toxicology Program (NTP), […]

Boothbay. Letter: The right to clean, un-medicated water

Dear Editor: A group of concerned citizens is working to put the question of water fluoridation before the voters of Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor and Southport. Our website, FluorideOC.com, explains what sodium fluoride is and how it is best used to prevent tooth decay. Studies show similar declines in tooth decay in countries that have fluoridated […]

Cumbria. Letter: United Utilities respond to water change correspondent

WE wanted to respond to some of the comments made by Dave Siddall (The Cumberland News letters, February 11) about our work to connect West Cumbria to water supplies from Thirlmere. In West Cumbria we have some unique challenges that we needed to face when our licence to abstract water from Ennerdale was revoked by the […]

Etoxazole: Driscoll’s Strawberries Were Just Recalled Over Pesticide Concerns

Note from fluoride Action Network: Etoxazole: Activity: Acaricide, Ovicide (unclassified) Structure: Driscoll’s produce has faced some steep obstacles over the course of the past few months. Back in November 2021, the brand recalled its blueberries in Ontario due to a metal contamination, per Food Safety Network. Driscoll’s now faces another produce recall over an issue […]

Obituary. Gary M. Whitford, March 9, 1937 – February 18, 2022, fluoride researcher

Note from Fluoride Action Network: Dr. Whitford, a promoter of water fluoridation, was a prolific researcher on fluoride with much of his work funded by the U.S. National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR, previously the NIDR). (EC) Gary M. Whitford, PhD, DMD, Regents Professor Emeritus of Oral Biology in the College of Dental […]

Cumbria: Petition calls for public consultation into fluoridation

PETITION: Paul Carr is opposed to fluoridation A COCKERMOUTH man has launched a petition calling for a public consultation into fluoridation. Paul Carr, of Fluoride Free Cumbria, said: “The mandatory addition of fluoridation chemicals to the water supply in West Cumbria is against all the principles of democracy and pharmacology.” He claims it causes fluorosis […]

‘It is contentious’: Debate continues over adding fluoride to Spokane water

SPOKANE, Wash. — Nearly half of people in Washington already use fluoridated water, but not Spokane. The city council is moving forward with a local study that could change what comes out of your sink. More than 20 years ago, the public voted against adding fluoride to water. Now, in a 5-2 vote, the City […]

Spokane to move ahead with fluoride study

The Spokane City Council approved a contract Monday to study the logistics and price of adding fluoride to Spokane’s water supply. The study will assess the immediate and long-term costs of implementing a fluoridation system across the city’s seven wells. Its results will inform future debate over whether the city should add fluoride to its […]

Anti-pesticide campaigners maintain that insecticide sulfoxaflor violates the Endangered Species Act. Here’s how Biden’s EPA responded

Note from Fluoride Action Network Structural formula for Sulfoxaflor (see more information on its toxicity; USDA Shuts Down Data Collection on Honey Bees, and Sulfoxaflor Documents). I had to read this short article twice before I realized that the author believes that Sulfoxaflor is a safe pesticide. Even though the article is introduced as “ideologically […]

Sulfoxaflor: Documents

The following are some, not all, of the documents dealing with the study, review, approval, and law suits of the insecticide Sulfoxaflor (CAS No. 946578-00-3). The product names for Sulfoxaflor are Transform and Closer. More documents will be added. Date Agency Title July 19, 2022 EPA The Environmental Protection Agency released a draft biological evaluation […]