Children's Health Defense After a nearly four-year delay, federal Judge Edward Chen on Wednesday heard opening statements in a lawsuit seeking to compel the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to prohibit water fluoridation in the U.S. due to fluorideās toxic effects on childrenās developing brains.
After a nearly four-year delay, federal Judge Edward Chen on Wednesday heard opening statements in a lawsuit seeking to compel the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prohibit water fluoridation in the U.S. due to fluorideās toxic effects on childrenās developing brains.
Fluoride Action Network (FAN)Ā sued the EPAĀ in 2017 ā after the agency denied itsĀ petitionĀ to end water fluoridation under theĀ Toxic Substances Control ActĀ (TSCA). This weekās trial is the first to challenge the dismissal of such a petition. Other plaintiffs includeĀ Moms Against FluoridationĀ and other advocacy groups and individuals.
Fluorideās neurotoxic effects on childrenās brain development were not in dispute during opening statements and in testimony delivered by the plaintiffsā first expert witness,Ā Dr. Howard Hu, an internist and preventive medicine specialist, with a doctoral degree in epidemiology.
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