When U.S. Army reserves are called up for duty in Iraq, the No. 1 cause for delaying their deployment is poor oral health. There’s no sense in sending a soldier to a war zone, after all, if he’s going to be sidelined with an infected tooth as soon as he gets there, said Dr. Dushanka […]
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.
Dentists Award the Toothless and Cavity-prone
New York — (ArriveNet – Apr 29, 2005) — “Fluoridation honors” were bestowed upon many communities(1), which happen to have the highest cavity and tooth loss rates, by the American Dental Association (ADA), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the American Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors (AASTDD). The irony is that fluoridation […]
Fort Collins: Preserving Our Precious Fluids
No one who saw the 1964 movie, “Dr. Strangelove” can forget Jack D. Ripper, a paranoid, intellectually-challenged Air Force general who launched an unprovoked nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. The General’s extreme paranoia about communism was at least partially fueled by the ever-growing fluoridation of U.S. municipal water supplies. In one of his more […]
Mercury Pollution Concerns State Clean Water Group
SEYMOUR – Cyril Alapatt is determined to get his message to the people of Connecticut. Advertisement As the director for the Connecticut chapter of Clean Water Action, he has worked tirelessly to spread the word about the dangers of mercury pollution in natural water sources in the state. “People must have the information they need […]
From bag to bone
The next time you are staring at an open Google Web page, type “fluoride” on the search bar. You’ll receive 2,200,000 hits in less than a second – depending upon how fast your connection is. The Google search will show you Web pages like “Fluoride Action Network,” which, if you click on the blue link […]
Population Explosion
On the afternoon of Sept. 20, 1994, several mysterious yellow clouds floated eerily above the treetops in Southwest Philadelphia. Local residents remember looking up at the sky with a marked sense of fear. “We figured it had come from the refinery, and we had no idea whether the stuff was dangerous,” recalls Al Caporali, who […]
House OKs rules to regulate mercury in Vermont
MONTPELIER — The Vermont House gave final approval Friday to a bill regulating mercury use and disposal in the state. The bill regulates the sale of products with mercury in them, updates labeling requirements and regulates how such products should be disposed of. One reason mercury is so dangerous, advocates said, is that it persists […]
‘Fluoride facts’ not entirely true
Fluoride Fact # 21: On April 6, the Hood River Healthy Water Committee published a $9, one-inch advertisement in the Hood River News. The ad erroneously asserted Gorge Ecunemical Ministries (GEM), Hood River County Health Department and the Mid-Columbia Children’s Council endorse fluoride. The truth is that none of the organizations endorsed the pro-fluoride campaign. […]
Mercury bill sparks bizarre fight
Did the American Dental Association threaten to limit dental care in Maine if state lawmakers ban mercury fillings? The Chicago-based group says it never made such a threat. But two advocacy groups claim otherwise and have filed an antitrust petition with the Federal Trade Commission and the Maine attorney general. The groups — Consumers for […]
Fluoride poll not affiliated with city
Pollsters working for the Washington State Dental Association are claiming to represent Bellingham’s Public Works Department – but an association spokesman said he doesn’t know why. The survey aims to gauge people’s attitudes about adding fluoride to city water, which is not fluoridated now. “An ongoing major part of our public-policy efforts is to implement […]