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  • San Marcos shuts off the fluoride spigot at water plant

    The crews at the San Marcos Water Treatment Plant have stopped adding fluoride to the city’s water supply, following the will of city voters who approved a referendum Nov. 3 to halt the practice. The Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority, which runs the water plant, stopped adding the fluoride on Thursday. It will take a few days […]

  • Buda to resume fluoridating tap water this year

    After San Marcos residents in November 2015 voted to stop putting fluoride in their water, Buda and other cities that drew from the same water source were also cut off, whether they liked it or not. If they wanted to keep the fluoride, they were on their own. Buda officials say they are now just […]

  • Buda postpones water fluoridation to hold public hearing

    Buda City Manager Kenneth Williams announced in a press release Thursday night that the city will place on hold the scheduled fluoridation of its water supply. At Tuesday’s city council meeting, several members of the public spoke about the issue, including some from newly formed group Buda Citizens for Safe Water, prompting Mayor Todd Ruge […]

  • Fluoride decision put on hold

    Officials have postponed until next month a decision whether to add fluoride to the public water supply on the Bolivar Peninsula. The Bolivar Peninsula Special Utilities District had a public presentation on water fluoridation Tuesday, but a decision was not made because of the absence of several board members, said Jennifer McKnight, the district’s general […]

  • Buda voters to decide if fluoride should be added back to water

    BUDA, Texas (KXAN) – People living in Buda have the chance to decide whether or not they want the city to put fluoride back into the city’s water supply. The city of Buda receives its water from the San Marcos treatment plant. In 2015 residents in San Marcos voted to remove fluoride from their water, […]

  • Buda voters ax plans to reintroduce fluoride to city water

    BUDA, Texas (KXAN) – Some Buda voters spent election night in a tavern across the street from City Hall, where a large group waited to see if the city rejected a proposition to put fluoride back into the city’s water supply. About 67 percent of voters chose to vote against Proposition A — with 100 […]

  • Buda voters reject fluoride, select two new City Council members

    Buda residents ushered in big changes Tuesday night, voting against fluoridated water, filling a couple of City Council seats and adopting a switch to geographic-based council districts. Two-thirds of the voters in Tuesday’s election said Buda should not add fluoride to its water, rejecting a practice that the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]

  • Española: City Committee Approves Nitrate Filtration System

    A panel with oversight authority of the city of Española’s water system has approved a plan to purchase a $113,000 nitrate filtration system to be installed on a city-owned well, with further commitments to buy a second system that would remove fluoride from a second well. Tony Granger, a sales engineer for Albuquerque-based Hennesy Mechanical […]

  • DRAFT NTP Monograph on the Systematic Review of Fluoride Exposure and Neurodevelopmental and Cognitive Health Effects

  • Our Team

    Stuart Cooper, Executive Director Stuart Cooper was appointed Director of the Fluoride Action Network in June 2022. From 2010 to 2022, he was FAN’s Campaign Director, working closely with medical experts, researchers, and local organizers from around the world to help educate communities and decision makers. Not long after joining FAN, he led a successful campaign […]