BENNINGTON — Go online to Internet search engine www.google.com, type in “fluoride” and hit the return key. It’s easy. And within seconds the search will locate 261,000 web-sites on fluoride. Which do you trust? Take your pick. Visit “Fluoride: Commie Plot or Capitalist Ploy.” Or maybe “The Importance of Fluoride in Strong Teeth.” They all […]
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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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Thyroid Doctor-Nurse Team Exposes Fluoride Risk
Pre-publication review of Thyroid Power by Richard Shames MD & Karilee Shames RN, PhD has resulted in advance praise from physicians, nurses, and other health professionals.Ê According to John Lee, MD, author of the very popular book What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause, the new HarperCollins book, THYROID POWER: Ten Steps to […]
Hannah-Beth Jackson leads vote against testing of fluoridation products
As Chair of the California Assembly Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials in a hearing on April 24, Hannah-Beth Jackson (D- Santa Barbara) was the only Committee Member to voice her opinion on AB 1565 – The California Product Quality Control Act. Citing her memories of fluoridation being described as a communist plot, her […]
Assembly takes up challenge to water fluoridation
Scientists will request a moratorium against fluoridation of water supplies at hearings before the state Legislature on Tuesday. At a hearing of the Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee, J. William Hirzy will testify on behalf of the union that represents all of the toxicologists, biologists, chemists, physicians and other scientists at the U.S. […]
Colorado Springs Water Board Halts Fluoride Plan, Wants More Data
The Colorado Springs Utilities Board on Wednesday halted the $1.3 million water fluoridation program that was scheduled to begin next month. After nearly a dozen people opposed to the plan showed up at the board’s meeting Wednesday, board members said they needed more information about the tooth-decay preventive chemical that was to be added to […]
Missouri 5 closed because of fluoride spill
CAMDENTON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri 5 south of Camdenton was closed because of a hazardous chemical spill Friday, authorities said. Barrels of the chemical fluorosilicic acid were on a semi-truck, the Camdenton County Sheriff’s office said. Between six and eight of the barrels spilled Friday five miles south of Camdenton, but authorities said they weren’t […]
Hearing on Mandatory Fluoridation Bill in Oregon
To all Oregon Safe Drinking Water Advocates, Our heartfelt thanks to all who participated Wednesday in the SB 99 hearing, both as speakers and friendly faces in the crowd offering support. I think we can congratulate ourselves on a strong, effective showing in opposition to SB 99. While the chair, Senator Fisher, was clearly invested in […]
Bennington Select Board to form panel to study dental health
BENNINGTON — A committee of “prominent impartial citizens” created by the Select Board will study dental needs and possible solutions in Bennington. The board voted unanimously on Tuesday night to create the committee and to undertake a survey of the dental problems among school children and the elderly. The committee will be composed of impartial, […]
Panel to study case for fluoride in Bennington
BENNINGTON – The Select Board voted unanimously Tuesday to appoint a committee of prominent citizens to consider the pros and cons of adding fluoride to the town’s public water supply. Meeting for the first time since an emotional public hearing on the issue last month, the Select Board called for a rational, comprehensive study of […]
A Cavity in the Budget
The controversy over fluoride has long centered on health, but this week in Salem, the tough questions will be about its cost. Senate Bill 99 would require towns of 10,000 or more to add the cavity-fighting chemical to their drinking water. Most of those towns, through the League of Oregon Cities, are bristling at the […]