The Washington State Supreme Court will decide whether the Tacoma-Pierce County Board of Health can force local water purveyors to put fluoride in their drinking water. The court last week decided to hear an appeal by six Pierce County water providers that have challenged the health board’s order, which forces water systems serving more than […]
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.
Judge Won’t Quit DuPont Lawsuit
A judge in Parkersburg, W.Va., refused to step down from a class-action lawsuit filed by Ohio and West Virginia residents who claim that a DuPont plant contaminated water supplies. Wood County Circuit Judge George W. Hill lives in the area where the chemical was detected and could be a potential benefactor, DuPont said. A court […]
Fort Collins fluoride debate could be silenced
Members of the public have been waiting two years to tell the Fort Collins City Council what they think of fluoridating city water. But the council seems to be drawing further away from a vote on fluoridation, and as it does, residents’ chances to publicly speak out on the issue are growing more doubtful. After […]
Aging Population to Fuel Huge Jump in Arthritis
ATLANTA (Reuters) – The number of older Americans suffering from arthritis is expected to nearly double in about 25 years as millions of baby boomers head into retirement, federal officials reported on Thursday. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (news – web sites) said current data indicated that 41.1 million people age 65 […]
Fort Collins fluoridation debate continues
Members of the City Council are leaning toward keeping fluoride in Fort Collins water but indicated at a meeting Tuesday night that the amount of the cavity-fighting substance might need to be adjusted to a less-intense level. The seven-member council met in a study session to hear the recommendations of three boards and the council-appointed […]
Palo Alto fluoride measure qualifies for ballot
Palo Alto voters put fluoride, the controversial cavity-fighting chemical, into the city’s drinking water in 1954. This November, they may be asked to take it out. An initiative drive headed by Palo Alto psychologist Susan Willis has gathered 2,543 valid signatures, enough to put the issue on the Nov. 4 ballot, according to City Clerk […]
Fluoridation Does Not Decrease Childhood Cavities
“It may…be that fluoridation of drinking water does not have a strong protective effect against early childhood caries (ECC),” reports dentist Howard Pollick, University of California, and colleagues, in the Winter 2003 Journal of Public Health Dentistry(1). The dental profession promises steep cavity declines in populations who drink water with fluoride added, especially in poor […]
Palo Alto’s 49 years of fluoridation going to the voters
Palo Alto Citizens for Safe Drinking Water announced today that a Certificate of Sufficiency of the Initiative Petition was received from the City Clerk’s office on Friday, May 23. The Certificate verifies that the more than 3000 signatures filed on May 15 contained valid signatures in excess of the 2194 necessary to place the Palo […]
A ‘New and Improved’ Cavity-Fighting Paste
There is no doubt that fluoride helps fight cavities, but Stony Brook oral biologist Dr. Israel Kleinberg has developed what he believes is a better cavity- fighting substance – and he now has evidence to support his theory. The results from a two-year study of the substance – called CaviStat – suggest that children who […]
Seaford to begin fluoridation of water to comply with state law
The City of Seaford will begin adding fluoride to its public water system June 2 in compliance with state law. Under Senate Bill 173, passed in 1998, municipal water supplies must fluoridate drinking water. The General Assembly provided funds for each municipality’s set-up costs and the first three years of fluoride costs. The American Dental […]