Excerpts: Two science consultants retained by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency defended fluoride in drinking water at a bench trial Monday, testifying that despite animal studies showing possible neurotoxic effects at high levels, there is insufficient evidence to show fluoride is harmful to infant brains at the lower levels in drinking water. The EPA’s expert […]
Excerpts: EPA’s lawyers won a controversial effort June 15 to offer late evidence in the landmark federal Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) trial, overcoming heated pleas from the plaintiffs’ lawyers to block admission of the abstract for an unpublished study that claims prenatal exposure to fluorinated drinking water may be beneficial. … “The first time […]
As Coronavirus fears have gripped the world for months, a litany of scientific scandals, inconsistencies and frauds have drawn the public’s attention to an underbelly of our agenda-driven scientific community. From the flimsy Imperial Model that kicked off lockdowns in the U.S. and UK, to the Lancet’s hydroxychloroquine study retraction, corporate science is being scrutinized like […]
PORTSMOUTH — Local citizen’s group Non Toxic Portsmouth has reported, through independent testing, that Portsmouth High School’s artificial turf field contains potentially harmful chemicals known as poly and perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS). However, city leaders and their consultants have refuted the science behind the report. In a June 1 letter to the City Council, the […]
Excerpt: Overview of March 2020 Hearing Session The first virtual 2020 JPML hearing took place on March 26. Following the hearing, the JPML issued transfer orders centralizing cases and creating new Multidistrict Litigation (“MDL”) in three matters: MDL No. 2931 – In Re: Delta Dental Antitrust Litigation. Actions transferred to the Honorable Elaine E. Bucklo, […]
The fluoridation trial is going INCREDIBLY well. Our scientists are just knocking it out of the park. The score so far: Science 4, EPA 0. Below are links to the written declarations of the four main scientists testifying, all now cleared for release to the public. These scientists’ credentials are extensive and impeccable, three having been […]
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California began hearing oral arguments on June 8, 2020, in a case seeking a rulemaking under Section 6 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to prohibit the addition of fluoridation chemicals to drinking water supplies. Food & Water Watch, Inc. v. EPA, Case No. 3:17-cv-02162-EMC. […]
#FluorideTrial: Experts Admit Fluoride is a Pesticide The first week of the historic water fluoridation trial wrapped up on Friday afternoon after four days of occasionally tense testimony from expert witnesses with the Fluoride Action Network (FAN) and the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). One expert witness claimed he had been coerced into signing a […]
Excerpts: …During June 10 testimony, plaintiffs presented five witnesses who they called to help bolster their arguments that fluoride poses neurological risks. They included Thiessen, president and senior scientist of the Oak Ridge Center for Risk Analysis, who argued for the validity of a series of animal studies on fluoride neurotoxicity, and their intraspecies applicability […]
Excerpts: … The plaintiffs rested their case on Friday morning, but not before the EPA brought to the judge’s attention that plaintiffs’ counsel, Michael P. Connett of Waters Kraus & Paul LLP, is also the son of Paul Connett, a toxicologist who heads up the Fluoride Action Network. The EPA called on its expert witness, […]
