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• Open Letter to Honorable Yael German, Minister of Health, Israel

  Dear Honorable Minister German, We applaud your decision to end mandatory fluoridation in Israel and we look forward to the time that there is an outright ban on this reckless practice. Your position is a model for the public health community both in Israel and in our respective communities. It is sound, based on the […]

• U.S. Signers (South Carolina to Utah)

  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 […]

• Chemical biology: DNA’s new alphabet

  When Steven Benner set out to re-engineer genetic molecules, he didn’t think much of DNA. “The first thing you realize is that it is a stupid design,” says Benner, a biological chemist at the Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution in Gainesville, Florida. Take DNA’s backbone, which contains repeating, negatively charged phosphate groups. Because negative charges […]

• Indiana

  WATER FLUORIDATION STATUS: PERCENT OF PEOPLE SERVED BY PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS THAT ARE FLUORIDATED: 2018:  92.4% – ranked #11 among the states (100% fluoridated is ranked #1) 2016:  94.3% 2014:  94.7% 2012:  94.8% 2006:  95.1% 2000:  95.3% 1992:  95.2% To see if your town is fluoridated, click here. To learn when your town was fluoridated, and […]

• Texas

  WATER FLUORIDATION STATUS: PERCENT OF PEOPLE SERVED BY PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS THAT ARE FLUORIDATED: 2018:  72.7% – ranked #31 among the states (100% fluoridated is ranked #1) 2016:  67.6% 2014:  79.0% 2012:  79.6% 2006:  78.1% 2000:  65.7% 1992:  64.0% To see if your town is fluoridated, click here. To learn when your town was fluoridated, and which […]

• ADA: The State of Fluoridation

  After 67 years, challenges continue across nation For 67 years, community water fluoridation has been part of the landscape in the United States public health arena. Hundreds of studies have confirmed its safety and effectiveness in reducing caries rates since 1945, when Grand Rapids, Mich., became the first community to adjust the fluoride levels in […]

• TRI 2008: Rank by Industry for Fluorine Releases

  The following data comes from EPA’s Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) for Fluorine releases in 2008. “Total releases” includes both water and air pollution. It’s important to note, however, that not all industries or sources that release fluoride into the environment are included in the TRI. Total 2008 Fluorine Releases = 91,874 pounds See also 2008 Hydrogen Fluoride Releases (64,972,078 […]

• FAN in the News

  FAN’s work has been cited by national media outlets including New York Times, Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, Newsweek, TIME Magazine, USA Today, Scientific American, The Atlantic, and Prevention Magazine among others. Date Title Media Source Nov 13, 2019 Community Water Fluoridation: Perspectives Differ on Whether Practice Helps, Hurts. Grady Newsource (Georgia) Nov 8, 2019 A History of Water Fluoridation in California: Lessons Learned […]

• FAN in the News: 2007 – 2010

  FAN in the News: 2001-2006 2011-2012 2010: Connett Raising Fluoride Awareness – Daily Courier Observer (New York) – December 18, 2010 The professor emeritus of chemistry at St. Lawrence University recently published a book, “The Case against Fluoride,” and has spent most of this fall traveling around the globe promoting it… Mr. Connett is the head […]

• The 4th Citizen’s Conference on Fluoride

  FAN Bulletin 2027: Report on FAN’s 4th Citizens’ Conference on Fluoride If one had any doubts about whether we should have chained ourselves to this massive uphill battle of trying to end water fluoridation around the world (using education as the primary tool), this conference (sponsored by the Carol Patton Fluoride Memorial Fund) removed them. The […]