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Fluoridation Trial: Fluoride In Water Is ‘Endangering’ Children’s IQs: 2nd day of strong testimony
NEW YORK, June 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — A key witness in a federal lawsuit to ban the use of fluoridation chemicals in public water supplies testified Tuesday that American exposure to fluoride was too high and was endangering the next generation’s intelligence, the Fluoride Action Network (FAN) reported. Dr. Grandjean found “no reasonable doubt that developmental […]
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City of Hiawassee votes 57.01% against Fluoridation
Excerpt: City of Hiawassee Fluoride Referendum – No – 57.01% *Original article titled Towns County General Primary 2020 Election Returns, online at FYN (Fetch Your News) TV online at https://towns.fetchyournews.com/2020/06/09/towns-county-general-primary-2020-election-returns/
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TSCA Fluoride Trial Heats Up As Expert Witnesses Draw Criticisms
Excerpts: … The plaintiff’s witness, Danish environmental epidemiologist Dr. Phillip Grandjean, accused one of the defense witnesses of providing a “misleading … misinterpretation” of his work, while a lawyer for DOJ, which had unsuccessfully sought to preclude Grandjean from testifying, presented evidence aimed at “impeaching” Grandjean. … In his testimony, Grandjean accused Dr. Ellen Chang, […]
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Courtroom battle could lead to limits on fluoridation of drinking water
Although fluoride can occur naturally in water, many water utilities add the chemical with the goal of improving dental health. But an alliance of groups led by Food & Water Watch, a government accountability nonprofit, have sued the Environmental Protection Agency to force it to limit or ban adding fluoride altogether. They contend that the chemical presents […]
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Fluoride In Water Is ‘Endangering’ Children’s IQs, Judge Told
Excerpts: Fluoride is a human developmental neurotoxin that lowers children’s IQ levels, a Harvard University epidemiologist warned during a California federal bench trial Tuesday, testifying on behalf of nonprofit groups seeking to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to ban adding fluoride to 200 million Americans’ drinking water. “The current exposure levels are way too […]
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Lawsuit To Regulate Fluoride In Water Goes To Trial
SAN FRANCISCO—At 8:00 in the morning on Monday, June 8, a lawsuit demanding that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ban fluoride chemicals from U.S. water supplies went to trial in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco. Three groups brought the case against the EPA to court. These groups […]
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Spatial analysis and GIS mapping of regional hotspots and potential health risk of fluoride concentrations in groundwater of northern Tanzania
Highlights Fluoride occurence in groundwater systems of the study area is space dependent. The univariate local Moran’s I statistic has been used to identify significant regional hotspots and cool spots. Geoinformation on hotspots and cool spots is important for planning of new safe drinking water source development. Fluoride is mobilized from volcanic igneous rocks of […]
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Green Bay mother is plaintiff in federal trial on fluoridated water, to start today
GREEN BAY — From Brenda Staudenmaier’s perspective, ending the fluoridation of drinking water ought to have been the easiest problem in the world to solve. “Unlike other issues like leaded water pipes and asbestos, all one has to do with fluoride is have their utility stop spending money on the toxic waste hydrofluorosilicic acid and unplug the dosing […]
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Advocates Say Fluoride Harms Infants As Trial Opens
Excerpts: … Groups seeking to ban drinking-water fluoridation argued during the opening of a California federal bench trial Monday that fluoride poses significant neurological risks to newborns, while the EPA argued that they don’t have standing to sue and that their experts cite a “hodgepodge” of unreliable studies. … the plaintiffs’ expert, University of Washington […]
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Rock Springs discontinues using fluoride in drinking water
Rock Springs has discontinued using fluoride in its water system. According to the meeting minutes from the April 20 utility board meeting and a May newsletter on the village’s website, Rock Springs decided to remove the chemical from its water after the pump to dispense the chemical into the water was not working properly. Village […]
United States, Wisconsin