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  • California’s new fracking law divides environmentalists

    Over the past year, legislators in Sacramento introduced a flurry of bills in an effort to study or tighten the leash on fracking in California. Most efforts failed, but in mid-September Gov. Jerry Brown state Sen. Fran Pavley’s SB-4, which regulates two methods of extracting tightly-bound oil in California’s Monterey Shale formation — hydraulic fracturing […]

  • Sulfuryl fluoride: Industry-backed bill protects pesticide profits over children’s health

    Dow AgroSciences, one of the nation’s largest pesticide makers, along with various food companies, have persuaded several members of Congress to endorse a bill that directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reverse a proposed phaseout of sulfuryl fluoride, a highly toxic food fumigant and potent greenhouse gas. If passed, the bill would make the […]

  • Burning truck hauling nuclear load flies under radar

    Nuclear regulators were never notified of a fire on board a truck hauling a radioactive cargo from Canada to the U.S. Late on the night of Aug. 22, Brian and Alexis Hanson found themselves on the busy I-75 highway near Troy, Ohio in a flaming truck with a radioactive cargo. The story has a safe […]

  • Quotes from professionals on fluoridation – 2007

    The following quotes come from professionals who signed the Statement Calling for an End to Water Fluoridation. On August 9, 2007, the Fluoride Action Network released a statement calling for an end to fluoridation signed by over 600 professionals. Concurrent with its release, FAN made available the following quotes from some of the signers. PROFESSIONALS’ […]

  • Rebel Portland: Clean Water Warriors Claim Victory

    If you worked on the ‘Healthy Kids Healthy Portland‘ campaign promoting fluoridation of Portland’s legendary Bull Run fresh water, you’re probably not having the best week.  You’re probably thinking, “I don’t understand, HOW could we have lost by 21 percent with the campaign manager/consultant duo of Evyn Mitchell and Mark Wiener that crafted platinum chart-toppers […]

  • Santa Clara Valley Water District: Fluoride project continues without public information

    The public needs to be informed about the Santa Clara Valley Water District project to fluoridate drinking water. There are many reasons people who will be affected need to know more about this project. In November, 2011, the Water District Board of Directors approved a policy to “Provide fluoridated drinking water at the district’s three […]

  • Companies involved in uranium accident at Halifax port have history of shipping mishaps

    Uranium hexafluoride (UF6): Two of the companies involved in the transport of a nuclear compound that was mishandled at the port of Halifax, forcing the closure of a terminal, had been implicated in previous shipping mishaps. The Fairview terminal, one of two containers processing points of the Halifax harbour, shut down for an investigation Friday […]

  • Clean Water California organizes a March and Rally March 22 to urge water districts to warn parents of fluoride risk

    Is Bay Area Water Safe for Bottle-Fed Babies? The Centers for Disease Control and the American Dental Association agree that babies fed formula made with tap water are at risk of ingesting too much fluoride. Yet most Bay Area water districts fail to warn parents of the risk. On Saturday, March 22, concerned citizens will […]

  • The 5th Citizens’ Conference on Fluoride

    Organizing to protect our children’s brains from public health policy that demands fluoridation September 5 – 8, 2014 Hyatt Regency Hotel, Crystal, City, Virginia Attendees at the 5th Citizens Conference on Fluoride, Sept 6-8, 2014. Simply put, Fluoride Action Network’s 5th Citizens Conference on Fluoride exceeded all our expectations. The Science day (Sept 6), Organization […]

  • Sulfuryl fluoride: Bill would reverse fumigant phase-out

    Dow AgroSciences, one of the nation’s largest pesticide makers, along with various food companies, have persuaded several members of Congress to endorse a bill that directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reverse a proposed phase-out of sulfuryl fluoride, a food fumigant and potent greenhouse gas, reports the Fluoride Action Network (FAN). If passed, the […]