The Las Virgenes Municipal Water District will discuss water fluoridation at the Sept. 9 board of directors meeting in an attempt to address growing concerns about the tap water additive that many people believe does nothing to improve dental health and is actually a poison at the root of many illnesses. General Manager John Mundy […]
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.
Grand Island: Tempers flare during debate over fluoride
GRAND ISLAND — Tempers flared during a water issues forum Thursday at College Park when the discussion turned to the possible fluoridation of Grand Island’s water supply. Grand Island voters will decide Nov. 4 whether to opt out of a new state law requiring the city’s drinking water supply to be fluoridated by June 1, […]
PA Fluoride NOW Debuts Interactive Map for Residents to Learn if Their Water Has the Best Fluoride Level to Protect Teeth
HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept 04, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ — PA Fluoride NOW, a coalition of approximately 250 individuals, organizations, and community foundations dedicated to improving oral health in Pennsylvania, has added an interactive map to its website. The website will let residents find out if the water they drink contains the optimal level of fluoride […]
Alamo Heights: Touchy fluoride debate rages on
The Alamo Heights City Council tried to avoid the contentious debate about adding fluoride to its water by doing a cost benefit analysis. It didn’t work. The lively discussion is expected to continue at next week’s City Council meeting. The city currently does not add fluoride to its water. Public Works Director Shawn Eddy gave […]
Anti-fluoride Candidate Ousts ECUA Incumbent
With no campaign signs or funds raised, anti-fluoride candidate ousts ECUA incumbent Elizabeth Campbell says she owes her recent election to the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority board to a single issue: her distaste for fluoride in drinking water. Campbell ousted the incumbent candidate without raising a dime or placing a single yard sign in her […]
Diversity, fluoride stir debate
Local residents have been presented with a couple of complicated and controversial issues during the past few weeks. There have been no easy answers, but there has been a glut of half-truths, distortions, flat-out lies and inherited beliefs that are absolutely right or absolutely wrong — depending on who’s doing the talking. On top of […]
Lexington, Nebraska, to put fluoridation on November ballot
… In other business, the council has also opted to place the matter of adding fluoride to the city’s water supply before a public vote on the November election ballot. People who check ‘yes’ on the ballot will be voting to approve the ordinance that prohibits adding additional fluoride to the city water supply. City […]
Louisville, Kentucky: Du Pont considers $178 million vinyl fluoride/Tedlar project
West Louisville’s Rubbertown neighborhood — hard hit by job cuts in recent years — finally might be getting a bit of good employment news. E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., the Wilmington, Del.-based chemical company, is considering an expansion of its long-running Freon plant at 4200 Camp Ground Road. It closed its neighboring Neoprene […]
Fond du Lac: Fluoride referendum rejected
Voters in the city of Fond du Lac won’t get a chance to weigh in on the water fluoridation issue. The City Council voted 4-3 on Wednesday night to reject a proposal calling for an advisory referendum on whether fluoride, a chemical that prevents tooth decay, should be added to Fond du Lac’s water supply. […]
Both Parties Need Planks to Restore Scientific Integrity at the CDC
NEW YORK, Aug 27, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ — According to the Fluoride Action Network (FAN), there is a crucial need for both parties to restore scientific integrity to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on several policies. The most egregious is their continued unscientific support for water fluoridation. “The simplest and quickest way to […]