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  • Bill would lower fluoride levels

    HARTFORD — Lawmakers are considering legislation that would marry the state’s water fluoridation standards with a federal recommendation issued last year, in turn lowering the maximum amount of fluoride that could be placed in the state’s public drinking water. During a hearing on the bill last week, some advocates were pleased that the threshold would […]

  • Updates on the Lawsuit Against the EPA to Stop Water Fluoridation

    [Read Dr Mercola’s original article and watch the video here] Story-at-a-Glance In 2016, the Fluoride Action Network (FAN) and coalition partners filed a petition asking the EPA to ban the deliberate addition of fluoridating chemicals to U.S. drinking water under Section 21 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) The EPA denied the petition in […]

  • Canadian Mother-Offspring IQ Study: The Philadelphia Inquirer.

    Is fluoride in water toxic to babies’ brains? A rigorous study raises alarms. By Marie McCullough and Rita Giordano A new study that suggests fluoride is harmful to developing brains is likely to fan the smoldering debate over the safety of adding the tooth-protecting mineral to public drinking water. The study by Canadian researchers, published Monday […]

  • Ford: Anti-fluoride believers hear only tiny risks not the broader good

    One finds like-minded citizens in the strangest places. For me, it came when I agreed with Calgary city council’s enfant terrible, Ward 11 Coun. Jeromy Farkas. Knock me over with a feather. From the mouth of someone whom, I believe, is still growing his last set of molars, comes an adult opinion about fluoride. During […]

  • NTP 2015-2017: Genesis of involvement in fluoride’s neurotoxicity

    In 2015, the NTP solicited a request for information in the Federal Register on October 7 on fluoride’s Carcinogenicity, Developmental Neurotoxicity and Endocrine Disruption.  The Fluoride Action Network (FAN) submitted comments (see below) and the NTP made the decision to investigate fluoride’s neurotoxicity. On December 2, 2015, an Evaluation of Fluoride Exposure and Potential for […]

  • Fluoride in Drinking Water – Is it Dangerous?

    Fluoride in Drinking Water – Is it Dangerous? Many cities add fluoride to drinking water. Fluoride is added to municipal water to prevent tooth decay, primarily in young adults. The practice is quite controversial with dentists suggesting it’s a great idea while others want it out. You can remove fluoride from water using either a […]

  • Three figures to help NTP see the whole truth

    The NTP Review: “A Chipped Vase” Before FAN deals with the “Chip” let us again make very clear that we are happy with the “vase.” The NTP review is one of the most comprehensive reviews of fluoride’s neurotoxicity ever conducted. Its overall findings that fluoride is a “presumed neurotoxicant” and the evidence that it lowers […]

  • Plasma and water fluoride levels and hyperuricemia among adolescents: A cross-sectional study of a nationally representative sample of the United States for 2013–2016.

    Highlights Relatively low levels of fluoride exposure in US adolescents but with wide ranges. Dose-dependent increase in prevalence of hyperuricemia with increasing fluoride levels. Significant associations between plasma and water fluoride and hyperuricemia. A positive relationship between water and plasma fluoride concentrations. Potential role of chronic fluoride exposure in increased prevalence of hyperuricemia. Abstract Exposure […]

  • Paul Gosar Just Promoted a Conspiracy Theory That He Built His Career Fighting Against

    Note from Fluoride Action Network: We labeled this article as misinformation because the author, Hunter Walker, did not invest any effort to understand Senator Gosar’s position and ended up ridiculing him for doing the right thing. Why is Gosar right? •  Gosar was for fluoridation in 1997 and 2001 but changed his mind last week […]

  • No promising antidote 25 years after the Tokyo subway sarin attack: A review.

    Note from FAN: The molecular structure of Sarin: Highlights This year marks 25 years since the Tokyo subway sarin attack. 2-PAM is the most widely used antidote in hospitals despite poor BBB permeability. We are trying to develop a reactivator that can easily cross the BBB. There are still no promising oximes that are safe, […]