Heartbreak in New Zealand – a Personal story By Paul Connett, PhD, FAN Director After the U.S. I have probably spent more time fighting fluoridation in New Zealand (NZ) than any other country. Since 1997, I must have travelled there at least a dozen times. As many of you know, FAN’s work doesn’t stop at […]
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What to know about fluoride in toothpaste
Note from the Fluoride Action Network: This article cites the Bashash 2017 study (noting it was published in 2016): “The results suggested a link between high levels of fluoride in the mothers and lower IQ scores in their children.” The article then incorrectly states, “But other researchers who evaluated this study said the fluoride level […]
Recent US Government Funded Studies Link Fluoride Exposure to IQ Loss.
An interview with Paul Connett, Ph.D. Note: The views and opinions expressed here are those of the author (s) and contributor (s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the publisher and editors of WholeFoods Magazine. Information in this interview is intended for educational and scientific purposes only. It is not intended as medical […]
An open letter to Dr Kathleen Matthews, President, Australia Dental Association NSW
Original Letter online at https://fluoridefreeaustralia.org/open-letter-ada-nsw/ On 17 February 2021, Port Macquarie-Hastings Council confirmed a community poll on water fluoridation will be held later this year. In response to this decision, Dr Kathleen Matthews, President of the NSW Branch of the Australian Dental Association, has been outspoken in the media, criticising PMH Council for its “baseless” […]
Fluoride Action Network applauds NTP’s systematic review on Fluoride’s neurotoxicity but corrects its biased risk assessment
Summary The Fluoride Action Network (FAN) is pleased that the updated NTP Review has re–confirmed that fluoride is “presumed to be a cognitive neurodevelopmental hazard to humans.” We would also underline that: The NTP rating of “presumed” is the highest confidence rating possible without doing a controlled human experiment, which would be unethical. Human experiments […]
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 […]
Annual Fluoride Awareness Week Update by Dr. Mercola.
Click here to see Dr Joseph Mercola’s interview with Paul Connett, PhD Story at-a-glance Over the past 20 years, the Fluoride Action Network (FAN) has facilitated the removal of fluoride from the water supplies of hundreds of communities across North America, Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. This week, we’re helping FAN raise funds to […]
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 […]
The TSCA Trial. Day 1. June 8, 2020.
THE FIRST DAY. By Paul Connett, PhD, Director of FAN It is hard to be objective when you are writing about something you have waited 20 years to see – the case against fluoridation heard on a level playing field – and your own son is a protagonist in the case, but here goes. Opening […]
EPA vs Fluoride’s Neurotoxicity going to Trial in April 2020
We are going to trial in April. This will be the first time that any citizen group will go to trial under Section 21 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA -pronounced like the opera Tosca!). TSCA was passed in 1976 by the U.S. Congress and is administered by the Environmental Protection agency (EPA). The […]