Fluoride Action Network (FAN) urges the NYS Bureau of Pesticides to rescind their recent approval of a new food fumigant pesticide, sulfuryl fluoride, because serious health risks, raised by environmental groups, remain unanswered by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In a November 28, 2005 letter to Dow AgroSciences, Maureen Serafini, Director, NYS Bureau of […]
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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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Push to fluoridate Holmen’s water could renew debate about practice
When fluoridation was new in the 1950s, many opponents were sure it had something to do with communism. All these years later, terrorists have replaced communists as America’s chief menace, but the debate rages anew about adding fluoride to the drinking water to help prevent tooth decay. On the one hand, fluoridation has been hailed […]
House panel to consider fluoridation in water
Water fluoridation, which the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists among the top 10 public health achievements of century, will become a topic of conversation in Tennessee. Proponents and opponents of water fluoridation are scheduled to face each other before the state House Conservation and Environment Committee Monday, Jan. 9. Rep. Gary Odom […]
Auburn targeted with another fluoridation push
The Auburn City Council won’t endorse a referendum on fluoridating the city’s water supply unless voters ask for it. Councilors David J. Dempsey and Thomas D. McNabb said they would support a referendum if they believed residents wanted to vote on the issue. Mayor Timothy C. Lattimore and Councilor William J. Graney said they want […]
Fluorosis: Too much of a good thing
Does your child have a lacy white pattern on his or her teeth, or noticeable mottling and spots? If so, it could be a condition called enamel fluorosis. The culprit? Something you always thought was a good thing: fluoride. Fluorosis happens when children get too much fluoride while their teeth are developing. According to the […]
Sulfuryl fluoride: New food pesticide dangerous for all Americans, three environmental groups warn
Three environmental groups are urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revoke their approval of sulfuryl fluoride as a pesticide fumigant on food. EPA approved sulfuryl fluoride as an alternative food fumigant to ozone-depleting methyl bromide. The groups say additional fluoride levels in food will be harmful to the health of all Americans because fluoride […]
New food pesticide dangerous for all Americans, three environmental groups warn
New York – December 21, 2005 — Three environmental groups are urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revoke their approval of sulfuryl fluoride as a pesticide fumigant on food. EPA approved sulfuryl fluoride as an alternative food fumigant to ozone-depleting methyl bromide. The groups say additional fluoride levels in food will be harmful to […]
Mosaic Spill Causes Fish Kill In Archie Creek
RIVERVIEW – About 40,000 gallons of acidic process water leaked from a pipe at Mosaic Fertilizer plant, causing a small fish kill, according to environmental and company officials. The leaking pipe, which runs under U.S. 41, was detected about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to Mosaic spokesman David Townsend. The spill was contained, but sensors in […]
Hampton votes not to add fluoride to water
HAMPTON — After a lengthy debate, the Hampton City Council decided not to add fluoride to the city’s water supply. By a vote of 4-2 Tuesday, the council decided to repeal a 1975 ordinance which called for fluoridation. In November, Hampton’s four dentists asked the council to resume filtering and fluoridating the city’s water. Speaking […]
Fluoride war still coming
If you think you are getting fluoridated water when you turn on your faucet — you are so wrong. Unless you are a customer being served by the Port Hueneme Water agency, which started fluoridating in November of 1998, you are merely getting good old-fashioned H20 — and a soupcon of chloramine. In fact, Port […]