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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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The Landmark EPA Fluoride TSCA Bench Trial that Began January 31: Could End Water Fluoridation.
PRESS RELEASE: A Citizens Petition was submitted under TSCA to the EPA in 2016 to ban water fluoridation. The EPA denied their Petition, so they filed suit in federal court. Unreasonable risk in context… it’s the .7 concentration in drinking water that puts you over the top… the straw that breaks the camels back…” — […]
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Fluoride on Trial, Day 2: Fluoride Poses Risks to Pregnant Women, Too.
THE DEFENDER: During the second day of testimony in a landmark fluoride trial, expert witnesses presented evidence that fluoride exposure is associated with lower IQ in children and that it poses risks to pregnant mothers. Editor’s note: The Defender is providing daily updates on the landmark trial pitting Fluoride Action Network against the U.S. Environmental […]
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Does fluoride in drinking water lower IQ? Question looms large in court battle.
SCIENCE: Experts clash over report suggesting fluoride can affect brain development A long-simmering scientific battle took on new life this week, as experts clashed in a San Francisco courtroom over whether the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should ban fluoridation of drinking water to protect fetuses and children from the risk of neurodevelopmental problems. The […]
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Harvard Prof. slams study showing IQ Gains from Fluoride.
LAW360. EXCERPT. A Harvard epidemiologist testifying Friday in a high-stakes bench trial over fluoridated water’s risks criticized a study cited by the government that found fluoride exposure increases IQ by 24 points, saying the results “don’t make sense,” are “beyond the imagination” and must be based on erroneous data. Danish epidemiologist Philippe Grandjean’s comments came […]
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Fluoride Expert Squares Off Against EPA on Day 1 of Landmark Trial.
THE DEFENDER: After a nearly four-year delay, federal Judge Edward Chen on Wednesday heard opening statements in a lawsuit seeking to compel the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to prohibit water fluoridation in the U.S. due to fluoride’s toxic effects on children’s developing brains. Editor’s note: The Defender is providing daily updates on the landmark trial pitting Fluoride […]
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