Ellijay, GA – In a stunning development certain to gain the attention of risk managers at water utilities around the world, key toothpaste manufacturers and other organizations are changing how they portray the safety or risks of fluorides and water fluoridation. Colgate-Palmolive is now selling an unfluoridated toothpaste for infants and toddlers. The label on […]
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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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Civil Rights Leaders Call for Halt to Water Fluoridation
Because fluoride can disproportionately harm poor citizens and black families, Atlanta civil rights leaders, Andrew Young and Dr. Gerald Durley, have asked Georgia legislators to repeal the state’s mandatory water fluoridation law. Andrew Young, former U.N. Ambassador and former Atlanta Mayor, along with Reverend Dr. Gerald Durley, Pastor of Providence Baptist Church in Atlanta, both […]
Fluoridegate and Fluoride Litigation: What law firms need to know about fluoride toxic tort actions
You have probably heard the recent news in the media about fluoride risks; a growing “Fluoridegate” scandal; cities dropping their longstanding policy of water fluoridation; and concerns about fluoride harm to kidneys, bones, thyroid glands, and teeth. For decades, Americans have heard of a long-simmering controversy over the whole-body safety of ingested fluorides. Now government […]
Letter in Scientific American: Skeptical About Fluoride
I was saddened to see the inclusion of water fluoridation in Michael Shermer’s “The Conspiracy Theory Detector.” Perhaps Shermer should go back and look at Scientific American’s own coverage of fluoride [see “Second Thoughts about Fluoride,” by Dan Fagin; January 2008] or, better still, read the science in the 2006 National Research Council report “Fluoride […]
Ski Wax Chemicals Can Build Up in Blood
The extra speed provided by ski wax comes at a cost–perfluorochemicals BERKELEY, Calif. –A storm has dropped a big snow on Lake Tahoe resorts, and there’s a flurry of activity at the California Ski Company as hordes of skiers and snowboarders prepare to hit the slopes. In a cluttered workroom at the back of the […]
HHS: All infant formulas contain fluoride; Avoid Mixing with fluoridated water
All infant formulas, either concentrated or ready-to-feed, already contain some fluoride and, when routinely mixed with fluoridated water, increase the risk of dental fluorosis (discolored teeth), according to Dr. Howard Koh, Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in a video commentary published on Medscape.com, March 8, 2011. (1) Fluoride, […]
HHS: Proposed Guidelines on Fluoride in Drinking Water
Hello, I’m Dr. Howard Koh, the Assistant Secretary for Health at the US Department of Health and Human Services. Disease prevention is at the foundation of almost all of my work at the Department. We encourage individuals and communities to make prevention a priority and to make healthy choices. As a physician who has treated […]
Transcript of the Fluoride Deception animation video
The video is available for viewing at: NaturalNews.TV: http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=42652… Transcript of the animation video / documentary Fluoride. Dentists say that drinking it can protect your teeth against cavities. Cities and towns all across the world actually dump it into the water supply, hoping to indiscriminately medicate the population through their tap water faucets. The official […]
Risk assessment for dental caries
While we have made some success with preventing, detecting, and treating dental caries and dental decay in the United States over the last 30 years, some sectors of the population with low access to oral health care continue to suffer enormously from the disease. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) commissioned a Consensus Development Conference (CDC) […]
Fluoride Legislative User Information Database or “FLUID”
What is FLUID? The Fluoride Legislative User Information Database or “FLUID” is a comprehensive database containing historical information on legal cases decided by U.S. courts and current information on federal and state policies regarding community water fluoridation. Local policies that affect significant U.S. population bases are being added over time. Why was FLUID created? FLUID […]