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• Thursday, September 1st, 2022

  Insufficient evidence to support Kanye West’s claim that fluoride in toothpaste harms the pineal gland

  Note from the Fluoride Action Network: • It’s embarassing to shame a personality on comments on the pineal-fluoride issue when this “factchecker” article, to its credit, gave a fair review of the fluoride-pineal issue from which such a comment could emerge. • The fackchecker(s) cited Luke’s 1997 PhD thesis on fluoride’s effect on the pineal […]

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  United States, National USA Misinformation

• Wednesday, August 31st, 2022

  Water fluoridation – is it good or bad?

  Note from Fluoride Action Network: • We label this article as misinformation as it states that fluoridation is safe. No mention is made of the 76 (count them!) fluoride IQ studies. Nor is any mention made of the Mother-Offspring fluoride studies. These studies provide compelling evidence that fluoride exposure during the prenatal and postnatal stages […]

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  United Kingdom Misinformation

• Tuesday, August 9th, 2022

  Grand Rapids Was the First U.S. City to Add Fluoride To Its Water

  Note from Fluoride Action Network: This article is outdated as it doesn’t present information on the • US Government studies on fluoride’s neurotoxicity • The 76 Fluoride IQ studies Because of the lack of sharing this important information with its readers, we add this article to our misinformation category. (EC Fluoride has been a part […]

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  United States, Michigan Misinformation

• Tuesday, July 26th, 2022

  Aytu BioPharma, Inc. makes two fluoride-based prescription vitamin products

  Note from Fluoride Action Network: We classified this as misinformation because fluoride is not a nutrient and thus one cannot have a fluoride deficiency. (EC) Excerpt: About Aytu BioPharma, Inc. Aytu BioPharma, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ:AYTU), a pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing novel therapeutics, today announced that Chief Executive Officer Josh Disbrow and […]

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  United States, National USA Misinformation Pharmaceuticals

• Wednesday, July 20th, 2022

  Opinion: Will State College Water Authority keep fluoride? Your voice can make a difference

  Note from Fluoride Action Network: First, Zoom details for the July 21st meeting at 4 pm are here. This is an outrageous Opinion piece co-authored by a medical doctor the day before the meeting. The authors state, “CWF is the precise adjustment of the naturally occurring mineral, fluoride, that is already in your water, to […]

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  United States, Pennsylvania Misinformation

• Thursday, July 14th, 2022

  Oral Health is Important for Young Children

  Note from Fluoride Action Network: The best information in this article are the rates of cavities in young children in Los Angeles which has been fluorinated since 2011: “Almost half of the kindergarteners in Los Angeles County have already developed a cavity. By the 3rd grade, the majority (75%) of students have tooth decay.” We […]

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  United States, California Misinformation

• Wednesday, July 13th, 2022

  Facebook posts – Fluoride is safe in your toothpaste and drinking water, experts say. Fact Check.

  Note from Fluoride Action Network: This article is another in recent weeks that continues a one-sided discussion with the major proponents of fluoridation. Included in this article is “Water fluoridation has been happening in the U.S. since 1945, and studies in the decades since have shown it to be safe for Americans, the CDC and […]

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  United States, National USA Misinformation

• Wednesday, July 13th, 2022

  Fluoride is safe in your toothpaste and drinking water, experts say – PolitiFact

  Note from Fluoride Action Network: We classified this article as misinformation as it is a one-sided look at this issue, taking the claims of fluoridation promoters at face value. This article presents no discussion of the neurotoxicity of fluoride at levels added to drinking water in fluoridation schemes (Green et al., 2019 and Till et […]

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  United States, National USA Misinformation

• Friday, May 13th, 2022

  What’s In The Water? Fluoridated Water And Its Benefits

  Note from Fluoride Action Network: The following article is “Sponsored Content” from NAPSI. It is used to “engage and influence” and to “Energize your base” We have labeled this article as misinformation for the following reasons: STATEMENT: “Fluoride use and community water fluoridation are safe and effective ways to prevent tooth decay…” RESPONSE: This statement […]

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  United States, Colorado Delta Dental Misinformation

• Thursday, May 5th, 2022

  Fluoridation is the best way to prevent dental decay

  Note from Fluoride Action Network: We have labeled this article misinformation because it states that “Fluoridation is safe“. No federal agency in any country has performed a health risk assessment on fluoridation’s effects on the pregnant woman, the fetus, or infant up to six months of age. The Mother-Offspring fluoride studies have reported that the […]

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  Canada, Alberta Misinformation