About FAN
About the Fluoride Action Network (FAN)
The Fluoride Action Network seeks to broaden public awareness about the toxicity of fluoride compounds and the health impacts of current fluoride exposures.
Along with providing comprehensive and up-to-date information on fluoride issues to citizens, scientists, and policymakers alike, FAN remains vigilant in monitoring government agency actions that may impact the public's exposure to fluoride. FAN's work has been cited by national media outlets including Scientific American, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, TIME Magazine, National Public Radio, and Prevention Magazine among others.
In May of 2004, FAN became an official project of the American Environmental Health Studies Project (AEHSP) - a registered non-profit (501c3) organization. If you would like to support the educational and watchdog work that FAN is currently engaged in, please consider giving a tax-deductible donation today via our secure online payment system.
Examples of FAN's Educational, Investigative, and Advocacy Accomplishments:
Led Succesful Nine-Year Campaign Against Fluoride Pesticide (Sulfuryl Fluoride):
- After a vigorious nine-year effort, FAN -- together with the Environmental Working Group and Beyond Pesticides -- convinced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to phase out ALL sulfuryl fluoride pesticides from the US food supply.
Uncovered Documents Indicating Scientific Misconduct in Fluoride/Bone Cancer Research:
- In January 2005, FAN uncovered documents indicating that a Colgate-affiliated dental researcher at Harvard Dental School had suppressed and misrepresented evidence linking fluoridated water to bone cancer in boys.
Provided Extensive Information on Fluoride's Risks to National Research Council (NRC):
- Between 2003 and 2005, FAN submitted extensive documentation about the hazards of current fluoride standards to NRC's fluoride review panel and FAN's Executive Director, Dr. Paul Connett, was invited to give a presentation. In accord with FAN's recommendations, the NRC issued a groundbreaking report in March 2006 in which it concluded that EPA's drinking water standard for fluoride is not protective of health and should be lowered
Translated 20 Chinese-Language Studies on Fluoride's Neurotoxic Effects on Brain:
- Between 2005 and 2007, FAN conducted an extensive review of Chinese research on fluoride's neurotoxicity, with a particular focus on fluoride's impact on the developing human brain. After compiling hard copies of these investigations, FAN contacted several translators to translate them into English so that US regulatory agencies and scientists could be made aware of these findings. To date, 18 of the 20 papers which FAN translated have been published, thereby significantly expanding the available scientific literature on this critically important aspect of the fluoride controversy.
Convinced Burlington VT to Issue Fluoride Warning for Infants:
- A year before the American Dental Association (ADA) recommended that infants not ingest fluoridated water, FAN had convinced the city of Burlington VT to make this recommendation to city residents based on extensive data showing that infants were being over-exposed to fluoride. (See: FAN's submission to Burlington's Board of Health). FAN's Campaign Director is now mounting a campaign to convince all water utilities to post infant fluoride exposure warnings on monthly water bills.
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F.A.N.'s 2nd Citizens' Conference on Fluoride (July 28 - August 1, 2006)
Fluoride Action Network Advisory Board:
June Allen, M. Ed. & Philip M. Allen, MD, PhD, Enviro-Health Concerns (pro-bono publico), Wichita, Kansas, USA.
Mark Atkin, National Coordinator, Fluoride Action Network NZ, New Zealand.
Vinod Barot, PhD, Technical Director, Sanitary District of Hammond, Indiana, USA.
Miklos Bely, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc., National Institute of Rheumatology, Budapest, Hungary.
Martha Bevis, Houston, Texas, USA.
Ralph Blois, Oregon.
Ailsa Boyden, Australian Fluoridation Information Network, Australia.
Jeffer Castelo Branco, Presidente, ACPO - Associação de Consciência à Prevenção Ocupacional, Brazil.
Albert Burgstahler, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA.
Robert Carton, PhD, Former President, EPA Headquarters Union, Washington D.C.
Pat Costner, Senior Scientist, Greenpeace International, USA.
Stephen Dean, DC, President, Massachusetts Communities for Pure Water, Massachusetts.
Mark Diesendorf, PhD, Director, Sustainability Centre Pty Ltd, Sydney, and Adjunct Professor of Sustainability Policy, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia.
Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., Professor emeritus, Environmental & Occupational Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health; Chairman, Cancer Prevention Coalition; Right Livelihood Award Winner, 1998; author of The Politics of Cancer, Revisited, 1998.
Naomi Flack, Ed.M, So. Florida Citizens for Safe Drinking Water, Florida.
Deanna Havens, Fluoride Awareness Team of Kansas, Kansas.
Von Hernandez, Goldman Prize winner 2003, Toxics Campaigner, Greenpeace International, Philippines.
J. William Hirzy, PhD, Senior Vice President, EPA Headquarters Union, Washington DC.
C. Vyvyan Howard, MB, ChB, PhD, FRCPath, Senior Lecturer, Developmental Toxico-Pathology Group, Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Liverpool, UK.
Tushar Kant Joshi, MS MSc, Head, Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Hardy Limeback, DDS, PhD, Head, Preventive Dentistry, University of Toronto & Former President, Canadian Association for Dental Research, Canada.
Peter Montague, PhD, Editor, Rachel's Environment and Health News, New Jersey, USA;
Raul Montenegro, PhD, President, FUNAM (Fundación para la defensa del ambiente), Argentina.
Tohru Murakami, DDS, Vice President, Japanese Society for Fluoride Research, Japan.
Philip Robertson, ND, Lecturer, Natural Medicine, Dept. Health Science, Victoria University, Victoria, Australia.
Ralph Ryder, Director, Communities Against Toxics, UK.
Andrew Rynne, GP, Medical Writer, Irish Medical News, Ireland.
AHM Saadat, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh.
Mageswari Sangaralingam, Research Officer, Consumers' Association of Penang, Malaysia.
Mary J. Shomon, Patient Advocate, and author of Living Well With Hypothyroidism, USA.
David T. Smernoff, PhD, Board of Directors, Acterra, Action for a Sustainable Earth, California, USA.
Gar Smith, Editor Emeritus, Earth Island Journal, Berkeley, California, USA.
Bruce Spittle, MB, ChB, FRANZCP, Senior Lecturer (1978-2004), Department of Psychological Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
John Stauber, Co-author of Toxic Sludge Is Good For You! and Trust Us, We're Experts!, Wisconsin, USA.
Anna Strunecka, PhD, Professor of Physiology, King Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
Terri Swearingen, RN, Goldman Prize winner 1997, Executive Director, Tri-State Environmental Council, Chester, West Virginia, USA.
Chris Vermeire, Environmental Journalist, Antwerp, Belgium.
Mae Woo, DDS , Montana, USA.
FAN's Founding Members (May 2000):
For a list of FAN's founding members, click here
Fluoride Action Network - Staff:
Paul Connett, PhD, Executive Director
Ellen Connett, Managing Director
Stuart Cooper, Campaign Director
Tara Blank, PhD, Science and Health Liaison Officer
Chris Neurath, Research Director
Carol Kopf, Media Director
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