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  • The Q&A: Ryan Quock

    Ryan Quock serves as vice chair of the Department of Restorative Dentistry and Prosthodontics, as well as associate professor of Restorative Dentistry at the UT Health Science Center at Houston. There he studies fluoride therapies, as well as other components of caries management. Editor’s note: This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Trib+Heath: […]

  • With Science against them, CDC Promotes Fluoridation with PR

    Scientific reports continue to show the potential for significant adverse effects from the obsolete practice of water fluoridation, reports the Fluoride Action Network (FAN). In June a major review reported that the majority of studies that underpin the rationale for community water fluoridation have been of poor quality. Yet the Centers for Disease Control and […]

  • 10-year-old suffers traumatic brain injury from Sulfuryl fluoride

    10-year-old suffers traumatic brain injury after Florida home is fumigated with Sulfury fluoride According to a September 10th press release from Beyond Pesticides: After returning to their home hours after the Terminix subcontractor told them it was safe to enter, the whole family became very ill. While the parents and the 7-year-old daughter recovered, the […]

  • Report reveals Feds didn’t protect communities of color from fluoridation: FAN calls for 5-step alternative

    The Fluoride Action Network (FAN) has delivered a 100-page report to the Environmental Justice Interagency Working Group entitled “Water Fluoridation and Environmental Justice” outlining the dangers posed by this practice to poor families and communities of color. Since 1962 officials at the U.S. Public Health Service have known that Blacks are disproportionately harmed by fluoride with […]

  • Posters Available: Protect our Children’s Brains from Fluoride

    Protect Future Generations & Promote Your Campaign Over the summer the Fluoride Action Network (FAN) launched a nationwide billboard and poster campaign warning parents that fluoride, served to over 270 million Americans in their tap water, and often mixed with infant formula, was labeled a developmental neurotoxicant in 2014; was linked to Attention Deficit Hyperactive […]

  • Cripple Creek Public Water System cautions high fluoride levels

    Tucked inside the Cripple Creek Public Water System’s recent annual report was an alert to the public about city drinking water. “IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR DRINKING WATER – Elevated Fluoride Levels Detected,” read the June 1 report. Fluoride levels in city water far exceed allowable amounts as recommended by the state Department of Public Health […]

  • San Marcos Says NO to Fluoridation

    On Tuesday, voters in San Marcos, Texas (population 45,000) approved a resolution ending and prohibiting the fluoridation of the public water supply with 61% of the vote.  Voters passed the following language into law: “The City of San Marcos shall not add, or direct or require its agents to add fluoride in the form of […]

  • San Marcos Texas voters force end to fluoridation with 61% at the polls

    (San Marcos, Texas) – More than two and a half years into their most recent fluoride-free movement, San Marcos residents turned out in the November 3rd election to pass Proposition 1 to end the near 30-year practice of fluoridation.  This was San Marcos’ first-ever citizen-led charter amendment offered to voters, gathering 61% of the ballots cast. The measure […]

  • Moving from the Politics of “No” to the Politics of “Yes”

    A quick update on our fundraiser before we move to the “Politics of Yes and No.”  Yesterday we received $685 from 9 supporters. This was doubled via a generous pledge. So our grand total after four days of our fundraiser stands at $12,676 from 63 supporters. We are still a very long way from our […]

  • You’re Invited to FAN’s Fifth Citizens’ Conference on Fluoride

    Dear Supporter, We would like to formally invite you to attend FAN’s Fifth Citizens’ Conference on Fluoride, which will take place at Hyatt Regency Hotel, Crystal City, Virginia, September 5 – 8, 2014. In this three-day Conference we will focus on Science (Sat Sept 6), Organization (Sun Sept 7) and Action (Mon Sept 8). We […]