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  • Fluoride exposure and sleep patterns among older adolescents in the United States: a cross-sectional study of NHANES 2015–2016.

    Abstract Background Fluoride from environmental sources accumulates preferentially in the pineal gland which produces melatonin, the hormone that regulates the sleep-wake cycle. However, the effects of fluoride on sleep regulation remain unknown. This population-based study examined whether chronic low-level fluoride exposure is associated with sleep patterns and daytime sleepiness among older adolescents in the United […]

  • Developmental fluoride neurotoxicity: an updated review.

    Background After the discovery of fluoride as a caries-preventing agent in the mid-twentieth century, fluoridation of community water has become a widespread intervention, sometimes hailed as a mainstay of modern public health. However, this practice results in elevated fluoride intake and has become controversial for two reasons. First, topical fluoride application in the oral cavity […]

  • Fluoride’s Harm to the Developing Brain: Recent Science

    This summary is a must-have document for communities fighting fluoridation. We have two special FAN bulletins this weekend that will focus on our Science Director’s summary of all the important findings from the past three years that indicate that fluoride can impact the brain in various ways – at the exposure levels experienced in fluoridated […]

  • Candidate Profile: Jeffrey Hodges, Motorists Party for Lord Mayor, Brisbane

    Excerpt What is your vision for Brisbane and how do you envisage that taking shape? Brisbane WITHOUT TOLLS, a superb  FREE PUBLIC TRANSPORT network, and a NON-FLUORIDATED WATER SUPPLY. Council wastes over $1 Million a year on water fluoridation in the mistaken belief that this helps prevent dental caries in children, yet there is no […]

  • Principles of fluoride toxicity and the cellular response: a review

    References Aaron JE, de Vernejoul MC, Kanis JA (1991) The effect of sodium fluoride on trabecular architecture. Bone 12:307–310. https://doi.org/10.1016/8756-3282(91)90015-B Abdelaleem MM, El-Tahawy NFG, Abozaid SMM, Abdel-Hakim SA (2018) Possible protective effect of curcumin on the thyroid gland changes induced by sodium fluoride in albino rats: light and electron microscopic study. Endocr Regul 52:59–68. https://doi.org/10.2478/enr-2018-0007 […]

  • Opinion: Tackling Tooth Decay On The Cheap

    Note from the Fluoride Action Network, Kudos to the editors of the Civil Beat for publishing this notably accurate article, especially after their recent editorial in praise of fluoridation. (EC) The received wisdom on fluoridation is highly distorted. Water fluoridation is catnip to American progressives, a category in which I include myself. In a country […]

  • The TSCA Trial. Day 3.

    THE THIRD DAY. By  Paul Connett, PhD, Director of FAN Day 3, June 11, was very rich and rewarding for the plaintiff’s case as presented by lawyers Michael Connett and Andy Waters. We heard from Dr Howard Hu, Dr Bruce Lanphear, Casey Hannan (excerpts from his videotaped deposition – the current director of the Division […]

  • Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Scientific Review of EPA’s Standards.

    Excerpts: Summary Under the Safe Drinking Water Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is required to establish exposure standards for contaminants in public drinking-water systems that might cause any adverse effects on human health. These standards include the maximum contaminant level goal (MCLG), the maximum contaminant level (MCL), and the secondary maximum contaminant level […]

  • Fluoride on Trial. Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola.

    Link to interview with RFK Jr.and Michael Connett at top of article. • Read full article on Dr Mercola’s site Story at a Glance After a four-year process, a landmark fluoridation trial was held in federal court in June 2020. Fluoridation’s neurotoxic risk to vulnerable subpopulations was confirmed, along with the U.S. EPA’s failure to […]

  • Fluoride’s Effects on the Brain: A Presentation by Dr. C. Vyvyan Howard

    Dr. C. Vyvyan Howard, an infant and fetal pathologist, and president of the International Society of Doctors for the Environment (ISDE has 20,000 members worldwide) will give the first major public presentation on Fluoride’s Effects on the Brain at the United Steelworker’s Union Hall, 25 Cecil, Toronto, on Monday, August 11, at 7 pm. While […]