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  • Pennsylvania

    WATER FLUORIDATION STATUS: PERCENT OF PEOPLE SERVED BY PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS THAT ARE FLUORIDATED: 2018:  55.7% – ranked #42 among the states (100% fluoridated is ranked #1) 2016:  54.6% 2014:  54.7% 2012:  54.6% 2006:  54.0% 2000:  54.2% 1992:  50.9% To see if your town is fluoridated, click here. To learn when your town was fluoridated, and […]

  • Fluoride-Free Victories in 2013

    Dear Supporter: Fundraising update: The Fluoride Action Network has gotten off to a good start in our campaign to raise funds for our 2014 budget. Yesterday we received $675 from 8 donors. To reach our goal, we need to raise $120,000 from 600 donors by midnight December 31, 2013. Unlike most non-profits, we cannot raise money from foundations […]

  • Portland Uses Science & Integrity to Defeat Fluoridation

    Portland, Oregon — A broad coalition of Portlanders have resoundingly rejected adding fluoridation chemicals to the city’s water supply.  By a 61%  to 39% margin, Portland voters agreed with the positon of most western nations that there are safer, more effective, and less intrusive ways to promote oral health than adding a chemical linked to thyroid disease, […]

  • Fight against fluoride in water comes to Orange and Durham counties

    A practice that most North Carolinians do without thinking much about it – drinking fluoridated water from local systems – has become a controversial topic in parts of the Triangle. On Thursday, the Orange County Water and Sewer Authority will hear petitions from citizens who want the county to stop fluoridating public water. And in […]

  • Davis, Woodland consider adding fluoride to drinking water

    For Don Saylor, it’s just common sense: Adding fluoride to drinking water in Davis and Woodland would improve dental health for 130,000 people, particularly low-income residents who can’t afford regular health visits. “This is a social justice as well as a public health issue,” said Saylor, a Yolo County supervisor. “It’s well past time to […]

  • Does fluoridated water offer dental benefits or health risks?

    The ongoing debate on fluoridation –the practice of adding fluoride to our tap water to prevent tooth decay– re-ignited as the City of Portland, Oregon,  voted on this measure (the proposal failed by outstanding majority). While most of us take it for granted and it is recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]

  • Organic Consumers Association Recommends Voting NO on Water Fluoridation

    The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) is a consumer protection and organic agriculture advocacy group based in Finland, Minnesota. It was formed in 1998 in the wake of the mass backlash by organic consumers against the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s controversial proposed regulations for organic food. The OCA is an online non-profit public interest organization that […]

  • NAS Fluoride Panelists: Science Is Not on the Side of Fluoridation

    The successful campaign against fluoridation in Portland, Oregon, was based on a growing body of science indicating that fluoride, even at relatively low dosages, can cause serious harm, including thyroid disease, neurological disorders, and bone damage. In response to claims by fluoridation proponents that no valid science supports these concerns, two of the scientists (Dr. Hardy […]

  • Ralph Nader: Vote “No” on Fluoridation

    Ralph Nader is to consumer rights what Albert Einstein was to physics.  Many of the consumer protections, including seat belts, that Americans now take for granted, were the result of Nader’s tireless work fighting for the rights of those with little voice in Washington.  Nader has long opposed mandatory fluoridation, and in this statement from March […]

  • Food & Water Watch: Vote NO on Fluoridation

     Food & Water Watch is a Washington, D.C.-based non-governmental organization and consumer rights group which focuses on corporate and government accountability relating to food, water, and fishing. Food and Water Watch employs a four pronged effort focusing on public and policymaker education, lobbying, media, and Internet activism. Food & Water Watch became independent from its […]