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• Press release from the ADA: Fluoridation news

  This week marks the 68th anniversary of community water fluoridation. Grand Rapids, Mich., became the first city in the U.S. to adjust the fluoride levels in its water supply to lower tooth decay rates in children on Jan. 25, 1945. According to the latest statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, fluoridated water […]

• The Few. The Fluoridated: Only 6 Municipalities in Upper Valley Treat Water to Prevent Tooth Decay

  Oral hygiene is not something taken lightly in Brenna Ordway’s household. The 28-year-old Cornish resident has two young children, ages 6 and 4, in whom she has instilled a devotion to dental care that she calls “religious.” “If I forget, they remind me they need to brush their teeth,” she said. It was the way […]

• The next Allentown water issue could be fluoridation

  As long as passions are running hot and heavy in Allentown over whether to hock the city’s water system decades into the future, it may be a good time to consider whether to continue injecting poison into that system’s drinking water. A little bit of poison won’t hurt anybody, it has been argued since the […]

• Fluoride in the water supply is a debate that still has teeth

  Opponents say it has possible severe side effects. Supporters say that view is based on “junk science.” Have you ever heard of a thing called fluoridation? Fluoridation of water? … Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face? — Gen. Jack D. Ripper […]

• Wichita Rejects Fluoridation

  It is with great excitement and satisfaction that FAN can report that the people of Wichita, Kansas–the second largest non-fluoridated city in the U.S.–resoundingly rejected water fluoridation on election day, just like they did in 1968 and 1978. The vote wasn’t even close, with a margin of 60% opposed to fluoridation to 40% in favor. The decision […]

• Ebb and flow of fluoride debate reaches Columbia

  COLUMBIA — A dial spins slowly clockwise on a basement pump at Columbia’s water treatment plant in McBaine. Outside, in the cold late-autumn air, millions of gallons of water roar in massive, swimming-pool size softening tanks. A gurgle rises from three-feet deep channels built under zigzagging walkways, carrying water to filters. With each revolution of […]

• Columbia: Citizens raise concerns about fluoride

  Columbia is joining a long list of U.S. cities taking another look at the decades-old practice of adding fluoride to public drinking water. It’s a debate that has resurfaced from time to time across the country over the past several decades. In recent years, the practice has come under fresh scrutiny from activists armed with […]

• Why Pulaski pulled the plug on fluoride

  Pulaski, N.Y. — A decade ago, it was not uncommon for Harlow Dunton to look into the mouth of a 6-year-old and find a tooth so rotted and infected that he’d have to pull it. That changed for the village of Pulaski dentist after 2005, when the village began adding fluoride to its water supply. […]

• Ormond tables fluoridation vote

  ORMOND BEACH — The city’s fluoride saga continues. Commissioners Tuesday night voted against an ordinance that would have asked Ormond voters to decide whether the city should take the cavity-fighting material, in the form of hydrofluorosilicic acid, out of the water supply. The mail ballot election would have taken place in March 2013 and would […]

• FAN did the “Impossible”

  january 1, 2013 At 9:43 pm last night FAN accomplished the “impossible” by reaching $100,000 – the goal of our 2012 fundraiser. Our current total stands at $101,287 from 523 donors. Yesterday was a truly remarkable day. We started with $83,225 and together with those who had pledged $8,425 (which kicked in when we reached $90,000) […]