WASHINGTON – Government health advisers rejected a federal report that concluded dental fillings used by millions of patients are safe, saying further study of the mercury-laden amalgam is needed. A joint panel of Food and Drug Administration advisers did not declare the so-called “silver fillings” unsafe. But in a 13-7 vote Thursday, the advisers said […]
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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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Corning OKs fluoride study
CORNING — The city of Corning will hire an engineer to estimate the cost of fluoridating the municipality’s water supply. The Corning City Council voted 6-2 Tuesday to authorize the study, which is expected to cost about $2,500. City Manager Mark Ryckman said the results of the cost analysis could be available in about two […]
Fluoride Risks Are Still A Challenge
The controversy about the risks of fluoride is unlikely to be resolved soon, a meeting held in late July strongly suggests. Ever since fluoride was first added to water supplies in Grand Rapids, Mich., in 1945 to prevent tooth decay, the practice has been controversial. Some claim it does little or nothing to prevent tooth […]
Fluoride at what cost?
If Boulder voters approve ballot measure 2B in November, the city will stop adding fluoride to the water supply for at least a year, the city’s utilities chief said. “If it passes, our current practice does not meet and fulfill its terms and conditions, and so we would stop adding fluoride,” Ned Williams said. The […]
Harvard prof didn’t distort findings, university says
A Harvard University investigation found that a professor accused of distorting research on fluoridated water and bone cancer “did not intentionally omit, misrepresent or suppress research findings,” the university said in a written statement this week. Chester Douglass, a professor of oral health policy and epidemiology at Harvard Dental School, was being investigated by Harvard […]
Harvard professor cleared of misconduct in fluoride study
BOSTON –A Harvard review has found that a dentistry professor did not commit research misconduct while looking into potential links between fluoride in drinking water and a rare form of bone cancer. The Environmental Working Group, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group, filed an ethics complaint against Chester Douglass, a professor of oral health policy and […]
No fluoride in CWS water
In January of 2006, Community Water System discontinued the addition of fluoride (in the form of fluorosilicic acid) to its finished water. Several factors entered into this decision most of which concerned health issues, conflicting research concerning the merits of fluoride in drinking water as well as employee safety, according to Tim Shaw at CWS. […]
NYS Attorney General supports revocation of all food tolerances of Dow AgroSciences fumigant sulfuryl fluoride
On August 4, the Office of NYS Attorney General, Eliot Spitzer, submitted comments to the US Environmental Protection Agency in support of the revocation of the use of Dow AgroSciences food fumigant sulfuryl fluoride (ProFume®). Three groups (Fluoride Action Network, Environmental Working Group, Beyond Pesticides) petitioned EPA in June 2006 to revoke all food tolerances […]
NYS Attorney General supports revocation of food tolerances for sulfuryl fluoride
On August 4, the Office of NYS Attorney General, Eliot Spitzer, submitted comments to the US Environmental Protection Agency in support of the revocation of the use of Dow AgroSciences food fumigant sulfuryl fluoride (ProFume®). Three groups (Fluoride Action Network, Environmental Working Group, Beyond Pesticides) petitioned EPA in June 2006 to revoke all food tolerances […]
An ever flourishing debate on fluoridation
If Logansport grows its population base on the south side with the creation of a new Ivy Tech State College campus and the four-lane entrance to the city at the Burlington Avenue interchange, Dan Cain could see the need for a subtle change. The Indiana State Department of Health director of water fluoridation and oral […]