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  • Duluth: Events Saturday highlight climate, impacts of Husky explosion

    A green energy summit in Duluth will be followed Saturday by a rally outside the Douglas County courthouse in Superior. Organizers of the rally noted it comes one year and a day after the Husky Energy oil refinery explosion that caused the evacuation of much of Superior. Northwoods 350, a group that professes a desire […]

  • Sulfoxaflor: Bolsonaro administration authorizes 150+ pesticides in first 100 days

    Note from the Fluoride Action Network (EC) Mentioned in this article is Sulfoxaflor, a fluorinated insecticide that is highly toxic to bees. U.S. EPA gave Dow AgroSciences unconditional approval for its use in 2013. In 2015 EPA revoked all it uses after it was remanded to do so by the 9th Circuit court. However, EPA […]

  • Duke Energy disputes findings of environmental report critical of coal ash operations

    Duke Energy’s Allen Steam Station in Gaston County ranks second among more than 200 U.S. power plants for toxic coal ash polluting nearby groundwater, according to a study released this week by environmental groups. At the Allen plant on Lake Wylie, coal ash storage sites have polluted groundwater with nine contaminants, including arsenic, cobalt and […]

  • An unnecessary additive

    We are very concerned that total fluoride exposure is not safe for children. EPA is relying on outdated science to support this increase in fluoride exposure. – Richard Wiles From the “should be a bigger news story than it is” file comes this alarming reality: The New Jersey Legislature is attempting to pass bills that […]

  • Nevada (2020)

    From the CDC’s 2020 Fluoridation Status Report All Water Systems in 2020 PWS ID PWS Name County Population Served Fluoridated Fluoride Conc. NV-0000361 CRYSTAL CLEAR WATER COMPANY Lyon (Primary) 420 Yes 2.90 NV-0000013 CALIENTE PUBLIC UTILITIES Lincoln (Primary) 1154 Yes 2.80 NV-0002569 SMITH VALLEY WATER SYSTEM Lyon (Primary) 26 Yes 2.70 NV-0000063 GABBS WATER SYSTEM […]

  • U.S. Signers (Nebraska to North Dakota)

    The following professionals have signed the Professionals’ Statement Calling for an End to Fluoridation. Due to the number, the U.S. signers have been divided by their state of residence. — Original signers to the Statement do not have an asterisk preceding their name. — See below for International and other U.S. signers. – Professionals can […]

  • City of Austin water quality questioned by visiting environmental scientist

    Note: See excerpt of “citizens 3 minute communication” to the Austin City Council Dr. Paul Connett, a professor of environmental chemistry at St. Lawrence University in New York and director of the Fluoride Action Network—America’s largest organization opposing water fluoridation—kicked off his six-day Austin tour at the Nov. 4 Austin City Council meeting where he […]

  • Tacoma/Pierce County will study effect of fluoride on salmon

    The Tacoma/Pierce County Health Department will study the environmental impacts of fluoride – including its effect on salmon – before continuing with plans to mandate water fluoridation. The Board of Health made the decision Wednesday after meeting in executive session to discuss the possibility of lawsuits from fluoride opponents. No other community in Washington – […]

  • Hard to Swallow

    Public health officials are fighting two anti-fluoridation bills in the Utah Legislature with a familiar two-pronged argument: Weird Utahns have been bucking a trend with their dogged opposition to water fluoridation, and scientists are unanimously behind it. It is the same misinformation that helped proponents win referendums in Davis and Salt Lake counties in November […]

  • Elgin weighs fluoridation of water

    Beginning in the 1980s, Elgin, like many Texas towns, put fluoride in its water. But in 2005, with the construction of a new water treatment plant interfering with operations at its facilities, the city’s water utility decided to temporarily suspend its fluoridation. The treatment plant is now complete, but Elgin’s City Council is considering making […]