EXCLUSIVE — The Environmental Protection Agency has begun a multiyear study to determine the maximum safe level of fluoride in the nation’s drinking water, advancing a key objective of the “Make America Healthy Again” movement.
Earlier this month, the EPA published a 75-page literature review and study design document outlining its plans to review the effects of fluoride on children’s brain development after a handful of studies showed a correlation between excessive fluoride intake and lowered IQ scores.
Jess Kramer, EPA assistant administrator for the Office of Water, told the Washington Examiner that the initial literature review is a “critical step” in shaping the future of federal drinking water regulations.
“EPA will then dive into what is determined to be the most relevant body of that research to determine what health effects exist, and ultimately to put out a health assessment that will lay out in more detail what the potential health impacts are at certain levels of when you consume certain levels of fluoride drinking water,” he said.
The literature review and study plan are the first steps toward achieving the policy prescriptions set by various members of President Donald
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