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  • American Water Works – Overview of Regulatory Activity.

    Fluoride EPA solicited advice from the National Academy of Sciences on the risks posed by fluoride in drinking water and in 2006 NAS prepared “Fluoride in Drinking Water”. EPA’s second six-year review identified the current fluoride MCL for potential revision in 2010. In 2011 the Agency updated its analysis of the portion of fluoride exposure […]

  • Brevard County Dental Society’s petition: Fluoridate Brevard Drinking Water – District 1

    Note from Fluoride Action Network: We list this petition by the Brevard county’s dental society as misinformation as it gives a list of benefits of fluoridation without any discussion of the risks involved. Three recent mother-offspring fluoride studies were funded by U.S. government agencies (Till 2020, Green 2019, Bashash 2017) and they reported lowered IQ […]

  • Federal Trial Update: New Supplement To Our TSCA Petition Submitted To Court

    As you might recall, the Court requested on the last day of the trial that we submit a new Petition to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to allow them the opportunity to respond to our original 2016 Petition in regards to the new studies that were published between 2017-2020.  The Court also requested that we […]

  • Park Hills to continue fluoridation

    Excerpt The Park Hills City Council met in regular session last week to vote on several ordinances and resolutions. Council members voted to purchase a new backhoe for the Water Department, buy a new rock crawler for the Public Works Department, enter into agreements for paving projects, and continue the use of fluoride in the […]

  • Ski Wax Chemicals Can Build Up in Blood

    The extra speed provided by ski wax comes at a cost–perfluorochemicals BERKELEY, Calif. –A storm has dropped a big snow on Lake Tahoe resorts, and there’s a flurry of activity at the California Ski Company as hordes of skiers and snowboarders prepare to hit the slopes. In a cluttered workroom at the back of the […]

  • Rockport Town Meeting Saturday morning

    ROCKPORT — Town Meeting will consider a 26-article warrant beginning Saturday at 8 a.m. The event will be held outdoors on the soccer field at Rockport High School on Jerden’s Lane. Registered voters will finally have the opportunity to confirm the town’s proposed $36.5 million budget for fiscal 2021, which began July 1. Selectmen previously approved one-twelfth of […]

  • Federal trial over TSCA citizens’ petition concludes without ruling

    Judge pushes parties in fluoridation case to confer before issuing ruling A federal judge has asked the US EPA and environmental advocates to try to reach an agreement before he makes a ruling in a potentially far-reaching case involving a TSCA citizens’ petition asking the agency to limit [sic, ban] the addition of fluoride to […]

  • New Health Data Puts EPA’s Fluoride Toxicity Trial on Ice

    Plaintiffs, EPA to return for update in August Parties considering new petition, other avenues Health advocates’ concerns about fluoride in drinking water will have to wait a bit longer, as the EPA and a federal judge in California consider new data about the chemical’s health risks. U.S. District Court Judge Edward M. Chen in the […]

  • Media Coverage of the TSCA Fluoride Trial

    This will be updated daily. For all the media coverage on the TSCA lawsuit click here  2020 Title Publication / Web Author Oct 12 EPA hired consultants to counter staff experts on fluoride E&E News Ariel Wittenberg Aug 11 Fluoride Risk Question Headed Back to EPA After Trial Law360 Michael Phillis Aug 11 Legal battle […]

  • Sign-on Petition: End Water Fluoridation in Massachusetts (H. 895)

    Petition at https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/ma-fluoride To: Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture From: [Your Name] More than half of Massachusetts residents receive fluoridated water, including Boston. Statistics: https://www.mass.gov/doc/massachusetts-communities-receiving-communities-water-fluoridation/download [url] Many residents have often sought to remove fluoride from municipal water supplies after examining the research. In Wilmington, the Director of Public Health in 2000 recommended […]