Background Researchers became interested in fluoride‘s role in dental health when they noticed that certain areas of the United States had fewer cases of severe tooth decay than others. Groundwater in regions that were rich in fluoride had high amounts of the ion, whereas groundwater in areas with low concentrations had negligible amounts of fluoride. […]
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.
How Fluoridated Antibiotics Can Damage Your Body
In August 2014, the FDA released a statement stating the dangers of fluoridated antibiotics and the effects of nerve damage on the body. All of the drug labels on these medications have been updated to better describe the serious side effect of peripheral neuropathy. According to this announcement, “The risk of peripheral neuropathy occurs only with […]
Fluoride intake increasing bone fractures
Fluoride has been used experimentally to treat osteoporosis, although the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not approved it for this purpose. The fact is that fluoride does increase bone mineral density. But this “benefit” is misleading because as it increases density, it simultaneously makes them more brittle and prone to fracture. Fluoride actually […]
Smoky fluorides: Determining fluorine emissions from burning biomass
Fluorine in plants Although fluorine emissions aren’t usually seen as a major environmental problem, they aren’t entirely harmless either. For a start, fluorines can be toxic to humans and animals at high enough concentrations, and such concentrations can build up in plants exposed to fluoride compounds in the atmosphere or soil, providing a route into […]
Fluoride: The Toxic Import from China Hidden in This Everyday Beverage
This article was originally published on October 11, 2011, on Dr. Mercola’s website – click here to see. Dr. Bill Osmunson is an avid supporter of fluoride opposition in the US. He’s particularly suited to discuss the health dangers of fluoride, not just because he’s been a full-time dentist for over three decades, but also because […]
Do newly released emails reveal conflict of interest between the CDC and the ADA?
Over 2000 pages of emails released under a Freedom of Information Act request have uncovered an apparent conflict of interest between the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Dental Association (ADA) regarding water fluoridation. The emails also contain an admission by the CDC that those with kidney issues will likely be […]
Report: Kids in Danger Zones. One in three U.S. schoolchildren at risk from chemical catastrophes.
According to the Executive Summary: What we found is alarming: At least one in every three schoolchildren in America today (36 percent of pre-kindergarten through high school students) attends a school within the vulnerability zone of a hazardous chemical facility. Over 19.6 million children in 48 states are in such a zone. Most of the […]
FluorideGate deepens with release of 2000 pages of FOIA documents
Emails released by freedom-of-information requests reveal a too-close relationship among members of the Centers for Disease Control’s Oral Health Division (CDC), the American Dental Association (ADA) and the Pew Foundation. It appears they protect fluoridation while dismissing, insulting and marginalizing those who raise valid health concerns, reports New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc […]
Harvard Research finds link between fluoridated water, ADHD and mental disorders
New research published in The Lancet by researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) found that various chemicals that many children are exposed to are having a direct effect on the creation of disorders labeled under the name ADHD as well as other […]
PFOS: Fish still contaminated with phased-out Scotchgard chemical
A persistent chemical formerly used in Scotchgard still contaminates most fish in U.S. rivers and the Great Lakes despite a phase-out a dozen years ago, a new federal study shows. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency researchers found perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) in all of the 157 fish sampled from nearshore waters in the five Great Lakes […]