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• Debate over fluoridation of Meadville water continues

  Retired Chemist Ron Greinke delivered a talk on concerns with adding fluoride to local water systems on Saturday, April 8, at the Vernon Township Municipal Building. Greinke’s talk, sponsored by the activist group Clean Water Meadville, examined scientific literature on the effects of adding fluoride in water. Greinke said that despite what many people believe, […]

• Marin fluoride skeptics bite down on MMWD before supply vote

  Marin residents opposed to the fluoridation of drinking water are urging their supporters to turn out for Tuesday’s meeting of the Marin Municipal Water District board, and board member Larry Bragman, who is sympathetic to their cause, says he will raise the issue. “I don’t think that fluoride is necessary,” Bragman said. “In this day […]

• Controversial anti-fluoridation activist to visit Galway this weekend

  An outspoken US scientist, visiting Galway this month, has criticised the Irish government for failing to acknowledge studies that fluoride lowers the IQ of children. Paul Connett, an anti-fluoridation activist, who was invited to speak to the government’s forum on water fluoridation in 2000, cited a 2003 peer-reviewed study from China that showed as little […]

• Fluoridation to continue in Marin’s water

  The Marin Municipal Water District board at a sometimes raucous meeting this week voted 4-1 to continue to buy chemicals needed to fluoridate Marin’s water supply. Questions about the process arose when the board took up an item Tuesday night about whether to approve a purchase of chemicals for fluoridation and other purposes, which it […]

• FAN’s Sixth Citizens’ Conference on Fluoride

  FAN’s Sixth Citizens’ Conference on Fluoride Hyatt Regency Hotel, Crystal City, Virginia September 16–18, 2017 We want to formally invite you to attend FAN’s Sixth Citizens’ Conference on Fluoride, which will take place at the same location as our 2014 conference. The Conference will include two days of speakers and interaction with fellow campaigners, scientists, […]

• Short Film Reveals the Lunacy of Water Fluoridation

  Story at-a-glance Research links fluoridated water consumption to endocrine dysfunction, hypothyroidism, ADHD, and reduced IQ Many water authorities do not use pharmaceutical grade fluoride; they use hydrofluosilicic acid — a toxic waste product of the fertilizer industry that is frequently contaminated with heavy metals and other toxins 97 percent of Western European countries do not […]

• Movement to Remove Fluoride From US Water Supplies Continues

  Story at-a-glance While water fluoridation is purported to decrease your risk of dental cavities, fluoride needs to be applied topically for this to work. It doesn’t benefit your teeth when swallowed Swallowing fluoride displaces iodine from your thyroid, as iodine and fluoride are both halogens. Without iodine, you cannot make active thyroid hormones, raising your […]

• Unprecedented Lawsuit Could End Water Fluoridation in US Based on Neurotoxicity Studies

  Story at-a-glance Fluoride Action Network (FAN) is among a coalition of environmental, medical and health groups suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban artificial water fluoridation The EPA has been served with a petition that includes more than 2,500 pages of scientific documentation detailing the risks of water fluoridation to human health New […]

• Paul Connett Visits Ireland To Talk Fluoride

  (Source: The Southern Star, June 13, Ireland) Skibbereen to host US expert on fluoride at public meeting An international expert opposed to water fluoridation will address a meeting in Skibbereen next week. Dr Paul Connett, Professor Emeritus of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology will present the Case Against Fluoride in an open discussion forum in the […]

• Fluoride Awareness Week

  The Fluoride Action Network has teamed up with Dr. Joseph Mercola and Mercola.com to bring you our 7th Annual Fluoride Awareness Week (June 11-18).  Dr. Mercola has been featuring articles on his website and social media sites discussing the risks associated with fluoride and the need for ending artificial water fluoridation worldwide, and will continue to do so […]