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  • FAN has lost a friend, and the world, a great journalist

    A few days ago, FAN learned the sad news of the passing of Sharon Begley from cancer. Sharon was one of the few top notch science journalists in this country (along with Bette Hileman) who dared risk the wrath of the medical and public health establishment by covering important developments on the science of fluoride’s toxicity.  In this respect, […]

  • NTP 1990 – 2021: Submissions to NTP and/or NAS

    Year Submissions to NTP and/or NAS on Fluoride’s Neurotoxicity ALSO LOOK AT https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/whatwestudy/assessments/noncancer/completed/fluoride/index.html#background 2020 October 19, 2020. Submission from Chris Neurath on behalf of FAN to the National Academies Committee to Review the Revised National Toxicology Program’s Monograph on Systematic Review of Fluoride Exposure and Neurodevelopmental and Cognitive Health Effects. LINK: http://fluoridealert.org/wp-content/uploads/ntp.neurath.submission-to-nas-on-revised-ntp-monograph.10-19-20.pdf 2020 October 19, […]

  • What’s in the water? For many in Philadelphia’s suburbs, not fluoride. Why?

    Note from Fluoride Action Network: This article is sadly one-sided. While cancer is of enormous concern, neurotoxicity is equally so. In presenting the safety of the fluoridation of drinking water, the author never mentions three recent mother-offspring fluoride studies (Bashash 2017; Green 2019; Till 2020) that revealed the fetus and the formula-fed infant are the […]

  • Bedrock petrology controls on hydrogeochemistry and fluoride concentrations in Precambrian aquifers of central Benin, Western Africa

    Excerpts: Abstract In central Benin, fluoride concentrations in groundwater generally exceed the national and WHO guideline values (1.5 mg/L) and are locally above 7 mg/L (max. 7.19 mg/L). In this area, aquifers are found in a Precambrian bedrock made of migmatitic gneiss and granites. Recent hydrogeochemical studies have shown that the occurrence of fluoride in groundwater in this […]

  • Paradigms and Public Health Policy Versus Evidence.

    Editor’s Note: The article below is the last scientific paper written by Dr Richard G Foulkes before his death on 3 September 2007. Originally it was submitted to the British Columbia Medical Journal in response to an opinion piece titled “Fear of fluoride—more bark than bite?” published in the September 2006 issue of that journal. […]

  • Plasma and water fluoride levels and hyperuricemia among adolescents: A cross-sectional study of a nationally representative sample of the United States for 2013–2016.

    Highlights Relatively low levels of fluoride exposure in US adolescents but with wide ranges. Dose-dependent increase in prevalence of hyperuricemia with increasing fluoride levels. Significant associations between plasma and water fluoride and hyperuricemia. A positive relationship between water and plasma fluoride concentrations. Potential role of chronic fluoride exposure in increased prevalence of hyperuricemia. Abstract Exposure […]

  • Other studies on Fluoride’s Toxicity

    US-agencies funding the studies: NIEHS (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences) has responsibility for the NTP (National Toxicology Program). The NIEHS is the research arm of U.S. regulatory agencies. The NTP is best known for its Reports on Carcinogens. NIDCR (National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research) is a pro-fluoridation federal agency. It funds the […]

  • Fluoride studies that received NIDCR funding

    In 1998, the National Institute of Dental Research (NIDR) was renamed the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) The NIDCR is a staunchly pro-fluoridation federal agency. It is the major funding source for dental research in the US. It has funded many studies on fluoride, but only one human study on fluoride’s neurotoxicity, […]

  • Caregivers who refuse preventive care for their children: the relationship between immunization and topical fluoride refusal.

    References 1. Institute of Medicine. Childhood Immunization Schedule and Safety: Stakeholder Concerns, Scientific Evidence, and Future Studies. Washington, DC: National Academies Press; 2013. [PubMed] [Google Scholar] 2. McMahon BJ, Dentinger CM, Bruden D et al. Antibody levels and protection after hepatitis B vaccine: results of a 22-year follow-up study and response to a booster dose. […]

  • Osteosarcoma Incidence Highest in Black Patients

    Note from Fluoride Action Network: Bassin et al., in a 2006 study, linked water fluoridation to osteosarcoma. Bassin found a statistically significant relationship between fluoride exposure during the 6th to 8th years of life (the “mid-childhood growth spurt”) and the later development of osteosarcoma among young males. There has been no refutation of Bassin’s study, […]