During the week of August 8th-13th, Dr. Joseph Mercola is launching “Fluoride Awareness Week,” with in-depth newsletters and interactive articles on various fluoride topics. “In a nearly unprecedented about-face, U.S. health officials recently admitted that Americans are getting too much fluoride, “ said Dr. Mercola, founder of Mercola.com, one of the most popular alternative health […]
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.
Dentistry professor E. Angeles Martinez-Mier helps set fluoride standards that impact drinking water
An IU [Indiana University] School of Dentistry professor played a leading role in developing the “gold standard” for analyzing fluoride and also chaired a panel of experts that helped set new government recommendations for the amount of fluoride to be put in drinking water in the United States to prevent tooth decay. Dr. E. Angeles […]
The League of United Latin American Citizens passes resolution opposing fluoridation
WHEREAS, LULAC throughout its history has committed itself to the principles that Latinos have equal access to opportunities in employment, education, housing and healthcare; and WHEREAS, LULAC advocates for the well-being of, but not exclusively of, Hispanics throughout our country; and WHEREAS, safe drinking water is a necessity for life; and WHEREAS, the purpose of […]
Pipe Dreams: America’s Fluoride Controversy
How did a seemingly benign chemical and a near-miraculous public-health initiative spark decades and decades debate? Grand Rapids schoolchildren giving saliva samples as part of the city’s water fluoridation project. National Library of Medicine The fluoridation era dawned sleepily enough in America. On the afternoon of January 25, 1945, municipal workers at the Grand Rapids, […]
New evidence confirms dentists controlled statements by CDC on fluoridation toxicity concerns
Ellijay, GA – Swirling questions about conflicts of interest and improper influence grew rapidly today as Freedom of Information Act documents showed that since the 1970s, dental health professionals alone in the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have controlled the agency’s stance supporting water fluoridation. A response to a request for the names and job […]
New Study: Fluoride Can Damage the Brain – Avoid Use in Children
NEW YORK, June 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — “The prolonged ingestion of fluoride may cause significant damage to health and particularly to the nervous system,” concludes a review of studies by researchers Valdez-Jimenez, et al. published in Neurologia (June 2011), reports New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc. (NYSCOF). The research team reports, “It is […]
The Environmental Injustice of Water Fluoridation
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The Relation Between the Socioeconomic Status and Dental Health
According to a recent study published in the “Journal of Dental Research” it has been found that people who are low income have fewer teeth than people who are better off financially. The research has basically taken into account the correlation between a state’s financial status and tooth loss. The research has also analyzed health […]
ADA celebrates 66 years of fluoridation
Pittsburgh—The ADA, the Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention celebrated 66 years of community water fluoridation at the National Oral Health Conference April 12, honoring more than 100 states and communities with 2010 Fluoridation Awards at Pittsburgh’s Westin Convention Center. Caption under photo: Honored: Dr. Steven […]
Letter: Fluoridation Regulation
Contrary to the assertions of George Van Dyke Tiers, the EPA Office of Pesticide Programs was justified in accepting the objections submitted by the Fluoride Action Network (FAN) and others on the use by Dow AgroSciences of sulfuryl fluoride (ProFume) as a post-harvest food fumigant (C&EN, Feb. 28, page 5). Any independent review of FAN’s […]