June 25, 2025 – EPA asked for and received a fourth extension in their appeal of our September 2024 fluoride lawsuit win. EPA’s appeal is now due in mid July. According to FAN attorney Michael Connett, this the last extension DOJ will get before they are required to file an official appellate brief outlining why and under what pretense EPA is seeking an appeal.

Note that EPA still can, and should, decide not to pursue an appeal and let Judge Chen’s ruling stand that fluoridation presents and unreasonable neurotoxic risk to children.

June 11, 2025 – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been granted a third consecutive extension by the Ninth Circuit court in their appeal of our September 2024 TSCA fluoride lawsuit win.

EPA asked for and received a two-week extension from their June 11 deadline, arguing that:

“The Solicitor General has not yet authorized appeal in this case… Additional time is warranted to allow the Solicitor General to make that decision, as well as to allow the government to prepare and finalize an opening brief if an appeal is authorized.

The Solicitor General is a high-level official within the Department of Justice appointed by the U.S. President who is responsible for determining whether, and to what extent, the United States will pursue an appeal in every case in which the federal government receives an adverse judgment.

EPA’s opening appellate brief is now due June 25, 2025.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has made several public statements condemning water fluoridation. Now we are patiently waiting for Zeldin’s words and actions to line up.