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Louisiana: A glimmer of hope

FAN Bulletin #980
     
June 30, 2008
Dear Supporter,
There’s some encouraging news today from Louisiana. We have just heard that Governor Jindal vetoed the legislators’ “pay raise bill”. The reason he gave for the veto was the lack of discussion time given to the bill before being passed by the legislature. This gives us a glimmer […]

Announcing Historic Back-to-Back Conferences on Fluoride

FAN Bulletin #976
June 25, 2008
Dear Supporter,
Mark the following days on your calendar: August 7-August 11, 2008. These are the days that two historic back-to-back conferences of the International Society for Fluoride Research (ISFR) and Fluoride Action Network (FAN) will take place in Toronto, Canada.
The ISFR conference (August 7-10) will examine fluoride’s impact on bone […]

Ottawa debate

FAN Bulletin #973
June 14, 2008
Dear Supporter,
Do you know anyone in the Ottawa (Canada) area? If you do please encourage them to attend a debate on fluoridation there this coming Tuesday (June 17) at 12 noon on the University of Ottawa campus (see announcement below for directions). The meeting has been organized by the Green Party. […]

VICTORY: Isle of Man rejects fluoridation bid- official!

FAN Bulletin #970
June 12, 2008
Dear Supporter
We have just heard from Kevin Glynn of the Save Our Water group in the Isle of Man that the Government has announced that they have canceled their effort to introduce water fluoridation into the island. This is a major victory which will undoubtedly give heart to other […]

Louisiana Update

FAN Bulletin #968
June 8, 2008
Dear Supporter,
I spoke to the secretary of one of Louisiana’s state representatives and found out that the mandatory fluoridation bill (SB 312) will come to the floor of the house for debate and vote on Thursday next (June 13). We have only four more days to make a difference.
1) If […]

FAN Releases New Video

FAN Bulletin #965
June 4, 2008
Dear Supporter,
Today, the Fluoride Action Network posted the second video in its ongoing “Professional Perspectives” series. Coming in the wake of the National Kidney Foundation’s (NKF) announcement that it has rescinded its longstanding support for water fluoridation, the video is a timely one as it details the risks fluoridation poses to […]

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Louisiana: A glimmer of hope

FAN Bulletin #980
     
June 30, 2008
Dear Supporter,
There’s some encouraging news today from Louisiana. We have just heard that Governor Jindal vetoed the legislators’ “pay raise bill”. The reason he gave for the veto was the lack of discussion time given to the bill before being passed by the legislature. This gives us a glimmer […]

New FAN Video & Flyer

FAN Bulletin #979
 
June 29, 2008
Dear Supporter,
Today, we launched our 3rd video in the ongoing “Professional Perspectives” series on water fluoridation. In the video, Brent Foster — an environmental attorney and State Conservation Chair of the Oregon Sierra Club - explains why he came to oppose water fluoridation. His story is a […]

ADA removes Kidney Foundation from support list

FLUORIDE ACTION NETWORK
http://www.FluorideAlert.Org
FAN Bulletin #977
June 28, 2008
Dear Supporter
The article below “National Kidney Foundation drops support of fluoridation” appeared recently on the dental industry website, DrBicuspid.com. Dan Stockin believes that this is the beginning of a series of withdrawals from the ADA’s list of endorsers of fluoridation, once they get word […]

ADA removes Kidney Foundation from support list

FLUORIDE ACTION NETWORK
http://www.FluorideAlert.Org
FAN Bulletin #977
June 28, 2008
Dear Supporter
The article below “National Kidney Foundation drops support of fluoridation” appeared recently on the dental industry website, DrBicuspid.com. Dan Stockin believes that this is the beginning of a series of withdrawals from the ADA’s list of endorsers of fluoridation, once they get word […]

Announcing Historic Back-to-Back Conferences on Fluoride

FAN Bulletin #976
June 25, 2008
Dear Supporter,
Mark the following days on your calendar: August 7-August 11, 2008. These are the days that two historic back-to-back conferences of the International Society for Fluoride Research (ISFR) and Fluoride Action Network (FAN) will take place in Toronto, Canada.
The ISFR conference (August 7-10) will examine fluoride’s impact on bone […]

Send New ONLINE message to Governor Jindal

FAN Bulletin #975
June 21, 2008
Dear Supporter,
If we have any chance to stop mandatory fluoridation in Louisiana we must flood Governor Jindal with emails calling on him to act fairly and VETO SB 312. And we must do this quickly ? this bill will become law within days.
It is now very easy to send a message […]

The world is watching Governor Jindal

FAN Bulletin #974
June 20, 2008
Dear Supporter,
The world is watching Governor Jindal, not only because he is one of the possible running mates for John McCain in the presidential election, but also because he has the chance to stop a massive injustice being forced on the citizens of Louisiana. He can veto bill SB 312 which […]

Two small glimmers of hope in Louisiana

FAN Bulletin #971
June 13,  2008
Dear Supporter,
Over the last few days we have had one major victory ? keeping fluoridation out of the  Isle of Man ? and one big loss. On Tuesday, June 10, the city council of San Diego, California voted unanimously (some against their will) to fluoridate the city even though citizens had […]

Kidney Foundation Drops Fluoridation Support

Fluoride may damage bones of kidney patients  
New  York – June 9 – The National Kidney Foundation withdrew  its support of
water fluoridation citing the 2006 National Research Council  (NRC) report
indicating that kidney patients are more susceptible to fluoride’s  bone and
teeth-damaging effects.
The  kidney-impaired retain more fluoride and risk skeletal fluorosis (an  
arthritic-type bone disease), fractures and […]

Please send New Louisiana message

FAN Bulletin #966
June 5, 2008
Dear Supporter,
Thank you to all those (700+) who sent the Online message to the Louisiana State representatives over the last few days. In this we raised the arguments against fluoridation, but we are well aware of how proponents traditionally trump these arguments by using the “authority” of a long list of […]