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  • The question of science, ethics and water fluoridation

    Ireland commenced its policy of water fluoridation in the late 1960s before joining teh European Union. We did this at a time when other European counries were openly questioning the benefit and risks associated with this policy… To read the full article, click here for the pdf  

  • The Battle over Portland’s Water

    Rick North is the former CEO of the Oregon American Cancer Society (1994-99) and former Project Director of Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility’s Campaign for Safe Food (2003-2011). He retired in February 2011 to become a volunteer confronting undue corporate influence in elections and the government. Author concludes that there’s no consensus that fluoridation is […]

  • FAN Submissions & Reports

    The following are submissions written by members of FAN’s staff.  Nearly all of the submissions on Sulfuryl Fluoride were written in conjunction with Perry E. Wallace, Counsel for Objectors (FAN, Environmental Working Group and Beyond Pesticides). See also, FAN Press Releases Note: The TSCA law suit submissions are at http://fluoridealert.org/researchers/government-reports/the-tsca-law-suit-2017-2018/ DATE ABOUT TITLE 2022 June 3. […]

  • New study finds cancer rate higher in C8-exposed areas

    PARKERSBURG – A recently released study authored by Dr. James Dahlgren, a nationally known toxicologist retained by plaintiffs in a pending Wood County Circuit Court C8 class action lawsuit filed against DuPont Washington Works, states “the overall cancer prevalence rate is higher in the population exposed to C8 when compared to the general population.” Perfluorooctanonic […]

  • Anti fluoride protesters bring campaign to Lisburn

    MEMBERS of the ‘No fluoride in NI water’ group were in the city this week sharing their concerns with locals about proposals to add fluoride to water in Northern Ireland. The group was formed earlier this year when it was revealed Health Minister Edwin Poots is considering adding fluoride to the water in a bid […]

  • Kryocide® Advisory on Use of Cryolite to Control Insects on Grapes

    Grape Grower Advisory For Control of Insects on Grapes KRYOCIDE® Recent changes in European wine policies, as they pertain to fluoride, have made it more difficult for American wineries to supply the European markets. Restrictions on fluoride residues have been arbitrarily set at less than half those established by the U.S. EPA. This has forced […]

  • Fluoride: The Hidden Poison in the National Organic Standards

    [Editors Note: This article raises serious health questions about the continued use of fluoride in food production, specifically organic farming systems, and in public water supplies. It leads to a larger discussion of allowable inert or secret product ingredients and permitted synthetic materials in organic agriculture under the national organic standards, adopted in December 2000. […]

  • Fluoride & the Thyroid Gland

    When people think of fluoride being prescribed for medicinal purposes, they generally think of fluoride supplementation to reduce tooth decay. Fluoride, however, has also been prescribed as a drug to reduce the activity of the thyroid gland. Up through the 1950s, doctors in Europe and South America prescribed fluoride to reduce thyroid function in patients […]

  • Fluoridation & Medical Ethics

    Unlike all other water treatment processes, fluoridation does not treat the water itself, but the person consuming it. The Food & Drug Administration accepts that fluoride is a drug, not a nutrient, when used to prevent disease. By definition, therefore, fluoridating water is a form of mass medication. This is why most western European nations […]

  • How Many Countries Fluoridate Water?

    One of the little known facts about this practice is that the United States, which fluoridates over 70% of its water supplies, has more people drinking fluoridated water than the rest of the world combined. Most developed nations, including all of Japan and 97% of western Europe, do not fluoridate their water.