DAILY MAIL. Only about one in 10 people in England currently have water containing fluoride Millions more Brits will get fluoride added to their drinking water under Government plans. As part of the long-awaited dental recovery plan, ministers have vowed to embark on the biggest fluoridation expansion since the 1980s. Around 1.6million people in the […]
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Fluoride Judge To Attys: ‘I Don’t Need Perry Mason Moments’.
LAW 360. EXCERPT. … “I don’t need stuff repeated for the dramatics,” he said. “I don’t need the Perry Mason moments – I just need to get to the issues. So use your time wisely.” U.S. District Judge Edward Chen’s comments came before the start of the fifth day of a two-week bench trial in […]
UK: Dental recovery plan: everything you need to know.
GOVERNMENT MEDIA RELEASE: Dentists are going to be supported to take on new NHS patients in the new dental recovery plan. The plan aims to make sure everyone who needs to see a dentist, particularly those who have been unable to access care in the past two years, will be able to do so, making […]
Fluoridation Trial: A Potential Game-Changer for Public Health Policies.
BNN: A bench trial is underway in a California federal courtroom to scrutinize the risks associated with water fluoridation. The judge’s plea for efficiency in the proceedings hints at a desire for a direct approach to the core issues, potentially influencing the outcome of this significant trial. As the California federal courtroom buzzes with anticipation, […]
UK: Fluoride to be added to drinking water under new legal powers.
THE TELEGRAPH: An initial 1.6 million people will see the mineral added to their water supply Credit: E+ Fluoride will be added to drinking water for millions of Britons under new legal powers, in the biggest expansion of the health measure since the 1980s. In plans to improve the nation’s teeth, an initial 1.6 million […]
Michael Connett: Lawyer in Landmark Fluoride Trial.
The U.S. government must warn pregnant mothers about the serious health risks of drinking fluoridated water, attorney Michael Connett told journalist Kim Iversen. Connett is representing organizations and individuals suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in a bid to end the ability of states and municipalities to add fluoride to their water systems. Fluoride should […]
North Carolina county leaders support removing fluoride from drinking water.
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 […]
Exclusive: NTP Scientific Director Tells The Defender What He Couldn’t Tell the Court.
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 […]
Health Effects of Fluoride Under Judicial Review.
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 […]
EPA Seeks to Discredit Testimony of Expert Witness Who Says Studies Prove Fluoride Is a Neurotoxin.
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 […]