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• What the research says about fluoride

  As a practicing dentist for 30 years, a former faculty member and researcher at OHSU’s School of Dentistry, and someone who has worked in public health dental clinics, I would like to address the recent opinion piece on fluoridating Portland’s water by Effie Greathouse (“Debating Portland’s water: When I check the research, fluoride makes sense,” Oct. […]

• Oregon Cities Debate Water Fluoridation

  Across America, two-thirds of the population drinks water treated with fluoride. Oregon’s fluoridation rate is about 23 percent — 48th out of fifty states. Portland is now the largest city in the country without fluoridated water but a coalition of supporters is lobbying to change that. KLCC’s Tiffany Eckert takes a look at this controversial […]

• Fluoridation Accidents: 1972-1981

  Over the years, there have been dozens of accidents involving the equipment used to fluoridate drinking water.  When such accidents occur, acutely toxic levels of fluoride can enter the water, causing widespread food-poisoning type symptoms. The following list of accidents, covering the years 1972 to 1981, was compiled by Martha Bevis in 1981 for the […]

• A Second Look at Fluoride Exposure and Hip Fractures

  In critiquing the York Review I spent a considerable time reading the literature on Hip Fractures and exposure to fluoride. I thought readers would find it helpful to have an up-to-date list of the studies published since 1990. While the evidence from these human epidemiological studies is mixed, when the issue is examined in the context of […]

• 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 […]

• Media Coverage

  Fluoride foes get validation – Portland Tribune, March 24 Warning Sounded On Fluoride – Chemical & Engineering News, March 23 Government Panel Raises Concern About Fluoride – Wall Street Journal, March 23 Report Confirms EPA Union’s 20-year-old Concerns – EPA Headquarters Union, March 23 Report raises flag on fluoride – USA Today, March 23 Report: Children at Risk From High […]

• A Critique of the York Review – by Paul Connett, PhD

  A Critique of the York Review (“Fluoridation of Drinking Water: a Systematic Review of its Efficacy and Safety” by the NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, the University of York, York, UK., published in October 2000.) 1. Introduction. The reviewer’s background. 1.1 I obtained my first degree from Cambridge University in Natural Sciences and my […]

• Excerpts from NRC Report

  According to the National Research Council, EPA’s “safe” water standard for fluoride puts a person at increased risk for both tooth and bone damage (“severe dental fluorosis” and bone fracture). While most of the press coverage has focused on NRC’s concerns with teeth and bone, there are many other serious concerns expressed in the NRC report.

• Statements from Civil Rights Leaders

  League of United Latin American Citizens The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is the oldest Hispanic civil rights organization in the United States. In September 2011, LULAC passed a resolution opposing fluoridation at its annual conference. The resolution states that: 1) Current science shows that fluoridation chemicals pose increased risk to sensitive subpopulations, […]

• Aluminum Industry & Fluoride “Science”

  Manipulative techniques in defense of technology are limitless. The aluminum industry has refined an ancient one: the lie. The liar can patch up a balky technology faster than an engineer.