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  • Calgary. EDITORIAL: Remove the fluoride

    Calgary is once again preparing to tackle the issue of water fluoridation, one of the longest and most contentious debates in Canadian history. Advocates argue that fluoridated drinking water is a safe and effective way to reduce cavities. Opponents call it a poison and a gross infringement of individual rights. When first introduced, it was […]

  • Davis County pays $214,000 to settle fees to attorney who worked for pro-fluoride vote

    FARMINGTON — Davis County’s financial reserves are more than $214,000 poorer today. That’s because county commissioners Tuesday decided it was better to settle with Bountiful attorney David Irvine and Utahns for Better Dental Health than for “the meter to keep running.” That refers to legal fees that were mounting in a case involving fluoride, which […]

  • Tecumseh: Fluoride fight brewing

    The medical officer of health is to appear before Tecumseh town council Tuesday to defend the use of fluoride in the town’s drinking water. That’s because two groups are banding together to try to convince Tecumseh town council to petition the Windsor Utilities Commission to stop fluoridating the water it supplies to the town. Medical […]

  • Criticisms of Recent JAMA Fluoride/IQ Study Are Unfounded

      FAN PRESS RELEASE AUGUST 21: A newly published carefully-researched and meticulously peer-reviewed US government-funded study published in JAMA Pediatrics reports maternal fluoride levels are linked to offspring’s lower IQ. But the same day the study was released, many fluoridation proponents erroneously dismissed it, reports the Fluoride Action Network (FAN). Above Video: Paul Connett Responds to Criticisms of the […]

  • Fluoride’s Impact on Brain, A Focus of Two Conferences

    NEW YORK, July 31, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ — – New science indicating fluoride’s dangers to the brain and other organs will be presented by prominent fluoride research scientists during back-to-back conferences of the International Society for Fluoride Research (ISFR) and the Fluoride Action Network (FAN) in Toronto August 7-11. According to ISFR conference organizer, […]

  • Wales to steer clear of fluoride in water

    WALES is not going to follow parts of England and introduce more fluoride into the water supply, it emerged yesterday. Despite calls from dentists to begin fluoridation it is not on the cards just yet. An Assembly spokeswoman said, “The Welsh Assembly Government has no current plans to introduce fluoridation schemes.” Some places in England […]

  • Fluoride debate returns to south Hampshire

    THE fluoridation debate will be moving onto Andover’s doorstep from 8 September when proposals to fluoridate the water supply of 200,000 south Hampshire residents go out to public consultation. The consultation period will last for three months and include drop-in events and Question Time style debates. The start of the consultation has been put back […]

  • Editorial: Fluoride? In the water?

    The state Legislature is debating a plan to mandate fluoridated water in Washoe County, which has brought out a paranoid libertarian streak in some people. On Monday a Senate committee heard testimony about adding fluoride to the water, with public health advocates and dentists noting that the naturally occurring element helps prevent tooth decay. They […]

  • Fluoride report ‘not full story’

    COUNCILS are to be asked their views on water fluoridation at meetings throughout East Lancashire. But pure water campaigners say the report being shown to members tells only half the story. Councillors have been sent a copy of a report by the North West Fluoridation Group – formed from primary care trust officials – which […]

  • Bolton: anti-fluoride meeting February 26

    AN anti-fluoride meeting is being held tomorrow night. The meeting, which has been organised by the National Pure Water Association, will feature speakers from the Green Party, Friends of the Earth and representatives from a thyroid patients and kidney patients advocacy groups. Health Secretary Alan Johnson has announced government plans to pump £42 million into […]