Rutland, VT – Voters in Rutland will decide on Town Meeting Day whether fluoride should continue to be added to the city’s water supply. Rutland has fluoridated its water for the past four decades, but this could be a year of change with hundreds voicing their opposition. The issue was last on Rutland’s ballot in […]
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Collier takes fluoride out of drinking water in spite of health experts’ testimony on benefits.
In a win for what many anti-vaccine backers call “health freedom” and a likely loss for children who lack proper and routine dental care, the Collier County Board of County Commissioners voted this week to no longer fluoridate the county’s drinking water, something it has been doing since 1985 to help boost dental care. Since […]
Fluoride Has Its Day In Court
If you go to any search engine and search “water fluoridation” you will invariably be met with results that are decidedly pro-fluoridation with statements like “fluoride prevents tooth decay” or “fluoride prevents tooth loss in 40%-70% of adults”. You will have to scroll through several pages of search results, something most people do not bother with, to find any dissenting voices […]
EPA’s Final Witnesses Concede Fluoride’s Harm, Admit to Flaws in Key Study as Trial Closes.
THE DEFENDER. A risk assessor for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency admitted fluoride is neurotoxic at relatively low levels and the agency’s key expert on fluoride’s neurotoxicity conceded flaws in his own study as the landmark fluoride trial drew to a close. A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) risk assessor admitted fluoride is neurotoxic at […]
Legal tussle over fluoride in US tap water and link to IQ.
JUTA MEDICAL BRIEF. A US courtroom is the battleground for a scientific clash between experts over a report suggesting fluoride can affect brain development, and whether the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should ban this mineral in drinking water to protect foetuses and children from the risk of neurodevelopmental problems. The case, being heard in […]
Fluoride’s Brain Impact Revealed: EPA Scientist’s Stunning Testimony Unveiled.
USA HERALD. In a courtroom drama gripping the nation, the long-awaited trial on the dangers of fluoride in America’s drinking water reached its climactic conclusion. As the defense rested its case on Tuesday, a bombshell revelation emerged: fluoride, a stalwart of dental health campaigns, could inflict “neurodevelopmental harm,” according to an EPA scientist. Unveiling the […]
Landmark Trial Challenges EPA’s Water Fluoridation Policies Amidst Neurodevelopmental Concerns.
BNN. In a landmark trial, the Fluoride Action Network challenges EPA water fluoridation policies, spotlighting potential neurodevelopmental risks for fetuses and children. The trial scrutinizes expert testimonies, including the EPA’s primary witness, David Savitz, and raises concerns about conflicts of interest. In a landmark trial, the Fluoride Action Network (FAN) challenges the US Environmental Protection […]
Some in Michigan hoping to change minds about drinking water and fluoridation
It takes two to three hours for Kevin Villalta to filter and distill a gallon of tap water, and he says the process is as expensive as it is time-consuming. But it’s worth it, said the Lansing environmental engineer, who works for the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy. A couple of months ago, […]
Fluoride Can Harm Brain, EPA Scientist Says As Trial Wraps.
LAW360. EXCERPT. The government wrapped its defense Tuesday in a California federal bench trial over environmental groups’ efforts to ban fluoride in America’s drinking water, with the government’s final witness acknowledging under cross-examination that fluoride is capable of causing “neurodevelopmental harm.” U.S. Environmental Protection Agency scientist Stanley Barone Jr., who helps conduct risk evaluations for […]
Tablet Fluoridation. Marathon struggles to make fluoride tablets work.
Marathon City’s new fluoridation system, which was started in 2022 with help from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS), is in jeopardy of being discontinued due to difficulties in heating the water used to dissolve fluoride tablets. For over a year now, village officials have been trying to find a method of heating its […]