MONROE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — In a debate of societal benefits versus medical freedom, Union County commissioners took the next step Monday night in removing fluoride from a portion of the county’s drinking water. The board was split with a 3-2 vote to remove the chemical, with Commissioner Richard Helms and Chair J.R. Rowell […]
THE DEFENDER: The National Toxicology Program’s (NTP) former scientific director Brian Berridge, DVM, Ph.D., on Monday testified in the landmark fluoride trial. The judge didn’t allow testimony about possible political influence over the NTP report’s publication, but Berridge told The Defender after the hearing that such pressures raised serious concerns for public health. The former […]
THE DALLAS EXPRESS, TEXAS: The health effects of fluoride are under judicial review in a rare bench trial that began last week in California that could see the mineral banned from the drinking water of approximately 200 million Americans. A two-week bench trial is underway in San Francisco where federal judge Edward M. Chen is […]
THE DEFENDER: The third day of the landmark fluoride trial included tense exchanges between scientists and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as the agency sought to discredit statements made by a key witness for the plaintiffs and the plaintiffs called one of the EPA’s own experts to testify. The third day of the landmark […]
PRESS RELEASE: A Citizens Petition was submitted under TSCA to the EPA in 2016 to ban water fluoridation. The EPA denied their Petition, so they filed suit in federal court. Unreasonable risk in context… it’s the .7 concentration in drinking water that puts you over the top… the straw that breaks the camels back…” — […]
One of the most common associations of fluoride is with dental care. And while it is quite beneficial for oral health, too much of anything could be harmful. Neuroscientist Dr. Andrew Huberman recently laid out the pros and cons of the element in a detailed video. In his recent AMA segment, the Stanford professor analyzed […]
THE DEFENDER: During the second day of testimony in a landmark fluoride trial, expert witnesses presented evidence that fluoride exposure is associated with lower IQ in children and that it poses risks to pregnant mothers. Editor’s note: The Defender is providing daily updates on the landmark trial pitting Fluoride Action Network against the U.S. Environmental […]
SCIENCE: Experts clash over report suggesting fluoride can affect brain development A long-simmering scientific battle took on new life this week, as experts clashed in a San Francisco courtroom over whether the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should ban fluoridation of drinking water to protect fetuses and children from the risk of neurodevelopmental problems. The […]
LAW360. EXCERPT. A Harvard epidemiologist testifying Friday in a high-stakes bench trial over fluoridated water’s risks criticized a study cited by the government that found fluoride exposure increases IQ by 24 points, saying the results “don’t make sense,” are “beyond the imagination” and must be based on erroneous data. Danish epidemiologist Philippe Grandjean’s comments came […]
I am a medical doctor, and I strongly oppose artificial water fluoridation. It is said that if a lie or mistruth is repeated often enough, it will finally be accepted as true. Such is the case with the oft-stated mantra of the pro-fluoridationists, persisting for eight decades now—water fluoridation is “safe and effective.” Today, we […]
