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Virtual Bench Trial to Begin on June 8 in Lawsuit Challenging EPA Denial of Petition Seeking TSCA Regulation of Drinking Water Fluoridation
Beginning on June 8, 2020, the federal district court for the Northern District of California will hold a bench trial using Zoom in the lawsuit challenging EPA’s denial of a TSCA Section 21 petition requesting that EPA regulate fluoridation of drinking water pursuant to Section 6(a) of TSCA. The trial will be bifurcated. First, the […]
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Neurotoxicity Experts Cleared to Testify At Fluoridation Chemicals Trial June 8 in Federal Court
NEW YORK, The judge in a June 8 federal court trial in San Francisco has cleared the way for three international experts in neurotoxicity to testify on the risks of fluoride in public water supplies, the Fluoride Action Network (FAN) reports. In addition, the court ruled that the purported benefits of community water fluoridation cannot be part of the trial, restricting testimony […]
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Judge Codifies Key Rulings Ahead Of Landmark TSCA Trial On Fluoride
Excerpts: The federal judge overseeing the first-time trial next month on whether EPA must regulate water fluoridation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) has codified his earlier verbal rulings barring the agency from presenting evidence on the practice’s benefits while leaving the door open for EPA to argue that it could defer any regulation. […]
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Neurotoxicity Experts Cleared to Testify At Fluoridation Chemicals Trial June 8 in Federal Court
NEW YORK, The judge in a June 8 federal court trial in San Francisco has cleared the way for three international experts in neurotoxicity to testify on the risks of fluoride in public water supplies, the Fluoride Action Network (FAN) reports. In addition, the court ruled that the purported benefits of community water fluoridation cannot be part of the trial, restricting testimony […]
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Plaintiffs Ask Federal Court to Ban Fluoridation Chemicals
Trial of a groundbreaking case challenging fluoridation of U.S. public water supplies has moved to within a month of start, with several significant rulings by the judge in the case, according to Fluoride Action Network (FAN), lead plaintiff. The rulings affect the scope of testimony, excluding consideration of fluoridation’s purported benefits, and affirm that three […]
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Judge Hands Down Mixed Evidentiary Rulings Ahead Of Novel TSCA Trial
Excerpts: A federal judge says he is “inclined” to bar witnesses from describing fluoridation’s health benefits in a landmark trial on whether EPA must regulate drinking water fluoridation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), saying they are irrelevant to risk evaluation under the law, the latest pre-trial loss for the agency ahead of the […]
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Judge: EPA Can’t Include Fluoride Benefits in Trial Over Risks
Pretrial hearing debates what EPA can consider in chemical risk analyses Fluoride trial to take place in two stages A federal judge on Friday sided with anti-fluoride activists and excluded evidence about fluoride’s dental benefits in a coming trial about the chemical’s potential to harm people when added to drinking water. Judge Edward M. Chen […]
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Rejecting Plaintiffs, Judge Orders Virtual Trial In Landmark TSCA Suit
Excerpts: A federal judge has ordered a first-time citizen suit under the revised Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to proceed in a virtual bench trial later this year due to the coronavirus pandemic despite objections from the plaintiffs who had won the right to a de novo proceeding where they will be able to present […]
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Federal trial against EPA on fluoridation postponed due to coronavirus
NEW YORK, March 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — A legal case challenging the safety of water fluoridation which was set for a two-week trial in April in federal district court in San Francisco has been postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak. The case against the EPA was brought by several environmental groups led by Food & Water Watch and […]
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Erik Baptist Weighs In on Landmark TSCA-Related Water-Fluoridation Lawsuit
Erik C. Baptist, partner in Wiley Rein’s Environment & Product Regulation Practice, was quoted in an Inside EPA story on January 13 regarding a lawsuit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) denial of a Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) citizen petition seeking to ban drinking water fluoridation. As reported by Inside EPA, the plaintiffs overcame […]
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