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  • Op-Ed: FDA fails to protect the public from chemicals health risks, by Linda S. Birnbaum, PhD

    Linda S. Birnbaum, Ph.D., is a scientist emeritus and former director at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and National Toxicology Program, and a scholar in residence at the Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for protecting the public’s health and ensuring the safety […]

  • Citizen petitions under TSCA could grow after fluoride trial

    ‘Precedent setting’ case puts judge in role of making chemical risk determinations, attorneys say A federal trial underway in California could set a new standard for how courts handle citizen petitions under TSCA and provide advocacy groups a judicial pathway to seek regulatory action on chemicals of concern. This trial is the first time there […]

  • Fluoridation Weekly Review #19

    Alpena, Michigan To End Fluoridation Citing concerns over compelling residents to take “something they don’t want in their body,” the Alpena, Michigan City Council voted 5-0 to end fluoridation at its December 19 meeting. “We are required by the government to provide safe and clean drinking water, so I will be on the side of […]

  • Fluoride Science on Trial in Case With Broader Chemical Impacts

    BLOOMBERG LAW: Fluoride added to tap water to fight cavities for 75 years Judge to conduct rare, de novo review of chemical’s science The health effects of a cavity-fighting chemical backed by health providers for decades will be on trial starting Wednesday, marking a unique development in implementation of the EPA’s landmark chemicals law. A […]

  • TSCA Fluoride Lawsuit Timeline Summary

    November 2016 Watchdog organizations serve the EPA with a petition calling on the agency to ban the addition of fluoridation chemicals to public water supplies due to the risks these chemicals pose to the brain. February 2017 EPA denies the petition. April 2017 FAN and other organizations sue EPA. November 2017 First Court hearing on EPA’s Motion […]

  • Lebanon will put fluoride on the ballot

    Fluoride has been in Lebanon’s water system for more than 20 years, but next year, city residents will decide if they’ll eliminate it. That’s because the Lebanon City Council approved a motion Wednesday night, Dec. 13, to add a question on the November 2024 ballot: Should the city nix the chemical additive which helps prevent […]

  • Petition against fluoridating water supply gains big support

    An online petition against fluoridating the Island’s water supply has attracted more than 270 signatures. The petition was set up by Iain Mack earlier this month, after Tynwald asked the public health directorate to prepare a research paper on the subject. That report’s due to be considered by the Council of Ministers by December. The […]

  • Yay? Or nay? No decision yet on water fluoridation

    LYNDEN — More than a month ago, Lynden City Council approved two motions. The first was to move water fluoridation talks to a future meeting. The second was to direct city staff to schedule a public hearing on the subject. In April 2023, Gov. Jay Inslee passed House Bill 1251 requiring that public water systems […]

  • Fluoride Lawsuit Against EPA Prompts Pending Release of Potentially Damaging Report

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to oppose and delay a lawsuit filed against them by the Fluoride Action Network (FAN) to ban the use of fluoride in public water supplies in the United States. The case has revealed government attempts to limit available evidence and avoid having the facts of water fluoridation reviewed in court. A […]

  • TSCA citizen petitions face uncertain path in court.

    Recent filings highlight challenges in convincing courts to force agency action. Recent activity in a pair of long-simmering lawsuits has shined a fresh light on the challenges organisations face in compelling the US EPA to act on chemicals of concern through TSCA ‘citizen petitions’. Public health advocates this week asked a federal court in California […]