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U.S. Catches Up with Science On Fluoride in Drinking Water

Obama Administration Calls for Lower Limits
» Read more... | Published January 7, 2011

Major Infant Bottled Water Company Provides Parents with Misleading & False Information About Benefits of Fluoridated Water

Company using advertising and website to get around FDA decision to exclude claims about the benefits of fluoride in water intended for infants
» Read more... | Published February 1, 2008

Metropolitan Water District Urged to Warn Customers of Fluoride Risks to Infant

American Dental Assn. Cautions Against Fluoridated Water in Formula
Plans to add fluoride to Southern Californians' tap water are raising concerns that parents may not know of the potential risks of using fluoridated water to mix infant formula.
» Read more... | Published February 21, 2007

Harvard Professor Cleared of Ethics Charges is Million Dollar Donor

Contribution Creates Potential Conflict of Interest in Secret Ethics Investigation
A Harvard Medical School professor recently cleared by a Harvard ethics panel of charges that he suppressed critical research findings made a million dollar contribution to the University's Dental School.
» Read more... | Published September 15, 2006

Groups Demand Immediate Halt to Food Uses of Fluoride-Based Pesticide

NAS finding that tap water limits are unsafe spells trouble for fluoride in food; EPA Seeks Comments
» Read more... | Published July 6, 2006

National Academy Calls for Lowering Fluoride Limits in Tap Water

EWG Analysis of Government Data Finds Babies Over-Exposed to Fluoride in Most Major U.S. Cities
» Read more... | Published April 21, 2006

EWG Petitions Government to Evaluate Cancer-Causing Potential Of Fluoride in Tap Water

EWG Cites Compelling Body of Science Linking Fluoride to Rare Bone Cancer in Boys
Citing a strong body of peer-reviewed evidence, EWG today asked the National Toxicology Program (NTP) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to list fluoride in tap water in its authoritative Report on Carcinogens, based on its ability to cause a rare form of childhood bone cancer, osteosarcoma, in boys.
» Read more... | Published June 5, 2005