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 […]
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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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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 […]
Unions Say E.P.A. Bends to Political Pressure
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 – Unions representing thousands of staff scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency say the agency is bending to political pressure and ignoring sound science in allowing a group of toxic chemicals to be used in agricultural pesticides. Leaders of several federal employee unions say the chemicals pose serious risks for fetuses, pregnant […]
Both Sides of the Water Fluoridation Issue Heard
As the saying goes, there are two sides to everything. At the Utility Committee meeting held at City Hall on Tuesday, July 18th, guest speakers presented two distinctly opposing views on the issue of city water fluoridation. “We wanted to explore both sides,” Lafayette Mayor Bill Wells said identifying the purpose of Tuesday’s meeting, as […]
Scientist to speak in Canton about fluoride risks
CANTON – The benefits of fluoride no longer outweigh the risks, said at least one scientist who will speak at the second Citizens’ Conference on Fluoride in Canton this weekend. Hardy Limeback, associate professor and head of preventive dentistry at the University of Toronto, was part of the National Research Council’s March study looking at […]
Fluoride … Good for the teeth or bad to the bone?
A time zone away, in Pagosa Springs, Colo., the community of about 8,000 decided to radically alter its drinking water. It’s not what was added to the water, but what was taken out: fluoride, a compound often put into water to prevent tooth decay. “It was an emotionally-charged decision,” said Gene Tautges, spokesman for the […]
New Warnings About Fluoride
For a long while, the medical and health establishment brushed off claims that fluoridation of drinking water posed any danger to humans. Not any more. In a cover story in the August edition of Prevention magazine, the respected publication headlines “New Research: Is Your Water Safe to Drink?” The article notes that for over fifty […]