Below is the timeline of the events leading up to yesterdays ruling by the Federal Court judge that denied EPA’s request to dismiss the Petition to ban fluoride chemicals into the public drinking water. This Petition was submitted under Section 21 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). This ruling allows the law suit against […]
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U.S. judge says groups can sue EPA over drinking water fluoridation
Opponents of fluoridated drinking water can proceed with a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Toxic Substances Control Act, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled on Thursday. U.S. District Judge Edward Chen denied EPA’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit by Food & Water Watch, the Fluoride Action Network and other groups […]
EPA Can’t Ditch Enviro’s Fluoride Fight, Calif. Judge Says
A California federal judge on Thursday denied the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s bid to toss a lawsuit from Food & Water Watch and others seeking to ban drinking-water fluoridation, rejecting the agency’s assertion the advocates didn’t provide enough information to determine if the chemical poses an unreasonable risk. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Edward […]
Court Denies EPA’s Bid To End Fluoride Suit, Muddying TSCA ‘Uses’ Issue
In a first-time decision, a federal judge has denied EPA’s request to dismiss environmentalists’ lawsuit charging that EPA had wrongly dismissed their Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) petition seeking to ban drinking water fluoridation, but the decision could complicate other litigation challenging which “uses” the agency considers when assessing substances under the new TSCA law. […]
Environmentalists Cite TSCA Rule Changes In Bid To Maintain Fluoride Suit
Environmentalists are urging a federal court to allow their suit against EPA over its denial of their petition to ban drinking water fluoridation to continue, arguing among other things that the agency’s changes to the final framework rules implementing the 2016 statutory reform of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) bolster their case. In an […]
EPA Seeks To Dismiss Fluoride Suit, Defending Stance On TSCA ‘Uses’ Issue
EPA is urging a federal court to dismiss environmentalists’ suit challenging its rejection of their petition seeking to ban the practice of fluoridating water under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), with the agency defending its views on the key issue of which chemical uses must be considered in TSCA assessments and possible future regulation. […]
Suit Over Rejected Fluoride Petition Could Test EPA’s Stance On TSCA ‘Uses’
EPA is poised to respond to environmentalists’ suit challenging the agency’s rejection of their petition seeking to ban the practice of fluoridating water under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), but the case could test EPA’s stance on which chemical uses it must consider in its risk analyses as it has taken a different position […]
Unprecedented Lawsuit Could End Water Fluoridation in US Based on Neurotoxicity Studies
Story at-a-glance Fluoride Action Network (FAN) is among a coalition of environmental, medical and health groups suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban artificial water fluoridation The EPA has been served with a petition that includes more than 2,500 pages of scientific documentation detailing the risks of water fluoridation to human health New […]
Fluoride opponents pinning hopes on federal lawsuit
Opponents of Arkansas water fluoridation failed to remove the state mandate and must now wait another two years until the legislature is in session. But a lawsuit was recently filed in federal court in California by the Fluoride Action Network (FAN) and other groups to get fluoride out of drinking water all across the country. […]
EPA Cites TSCA Overhaul In Latest Denial Of Petition Targeting Chemicals
EPA is citing its ongoing work to implement the revised Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) as justification for what appears to be the third rejection of a petition asking for either testing or banning of chemicals since enactment of the TSCA overhaul, while outlining and expanding the minimum information it wants to see in any […]