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• In New York, some new activists take up old war on fluoride

  Protests take on green hue At a public meeting in New York City last month, the topic was supposed to be the state’s $8 billion Medicaid waiver program. But when 13 anti-fluoride activists took the microphone to protest the use of Medicaid funds for fluoride, it became something unexpected. A 16-year-old high school student skipped […]

• Calcifies Your Arterial Walls, But 67% of Americans Consume It Daily

  See original article, read and/or submit comments, and see free video interview Those who bother to delve into the science behind water fluoridation will inevitably come to see that there’s an abysmal lack of evidence supporting this routine practice, and an awful lot of evidence stacked against it. Water fluoridation began in 1945. Today, the […]

• Anti-fluoride experts to address Bega forum

  When government policy takes over, science flies out the window. – Dr Maria Claudianos More than 70 people have turned out to anti-fluoridation forums in Merimbula, Bermagui and Eden in the last week. A fourth forum will be held at 1pm tomorrow at the Bega Valley Shire Council’s civic centre. The forum will be addressed Cambridge University graduate […]

• Experts, activists battle over fluoride in Soddy-Daisy water supply

  Board members of Soddy-Daisy’s water system are set to vote today on whether to continue their policy of adding fluoride to the city’s water supply. Several residents have questioned fluoride’s effectiveness and claim it is a health risk. Some of them showed up at last month’s meeting of the board of the North West Utility […]

• Why is Hong Kong still putting fluoride in its water supply?

  Why is it some people in Hong Kong leap onto their high horse when they discover monosodium glutamate (MSG) has been added to their lunch noodles but don’t cause a ripple when they learn their domestic water supply is treated with a toxic chemical? Since 1961, domestic water in Hong Kong has been fluoridated to […]

• Lawsuit demands 3M pay for PFC medical studies nationwide

  Ohio class action targets nonstick chemical implicated in groundwater contamination. An unusual federal lawsuit against 3M Co. and other manufacturers of a widely used nonstick chemical demands that the companies pay for nationwide medical studies to measure its health impact on hundreds of millions of people who now carry it in their blood. The class-action […]

• Why you should avoid the high fluoride water of Naivasha

  Brown teeth due to fluorosis. [Photo/dentistinfleet.co.uk] People from Naivasha are sometimes identified by the colour of their teeth. This arises from the high levels of fluoride in the water consumed by residents causing teeth to turn brown. However,  the water around Naivasha has been found to contain as high as 12mg/l which is 25 times […]

• Q & A

  The reason pregnant women should not drink fluoridated water. The new “mother-offspring” studies of 2017 and 2018 have clearly demonstrated, for the first time, that pregnancy is the most critical period for exposure to fluoride. The fetus now ranks as the most vulnerable of our species to fluoride’s toxicity. What is Fluoridated Water? Approximately 70% […]

• Owen Sound: Group Wants Another Referendum on Fluoride

  A petition circulating to add a question to the 2018 municipal election ballot about removing fluoride from Owen Sound’s water supply is garnering momentum. Oliver Hartan, spokesperson for Fluoridation Free Owen Sound (FFOS), says the group already has more than 1,000 signatures supporting its appeal to the city to pose the question on the 2018 […]

• Why do we have fluoride in our water?

  Fluoride is found naturally in soil, water, and foods. It is also produced synthetically for use in drinking water, toothpaste, mouthwashes and various chemical products. Water authorities add fluoride to the municipal water supply, because studies have shown that adding it in areas where fluoride levels in the water are low can reduce the prevalence […]