Federal Court Rules That Water Fluoridation Poses an “Unreasonable Risk” to Children

The ruling requires the EPA to take regulatory action to eliminate the risk, in a decision that could end the use of water fluoridation chemicals throughout the U.S.

Tallahassee, Fla.—Today, State Surgeon General Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo recommends against community water fluoridation due to the neuropsychiatric risk associated with fluoride exposure.

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Fluoride Alert

The ruling requires the EPA to take regulatory action to eliminate the risk, in a decision that could end the use of water fluoridation chemicals throughout the U.S.

Federal Court Ruling - HERE

After a precedent-setting 7-year legal battle in federal court, an historic ruling by the United States District Court of the Northern District of California has ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to take regulatory action to eliminate the “unreasonable risk” to the health of children posed by the practice of water fluoridation.

The verdict is a significant loss for the EPA and the promoters of fluoridation like the American Dental Association and the US Centers For Disease Control because the court found that their claims of safety–made for over 75 years–were in fact not supported by evidence. - Continue

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The Jaxen Report - Interview with attorney, Michael Connett

Transcript begins [00:53:05]: HERE

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Video HERE

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If Fluoride is dangerous to swallow, why does GRU add it to our drinking water?

Fluoride toothpastes carry a poison warning for good reason. A tube of fluoride toothpaste, including bubble-gum flavored varieties with child-friendly cartoon characters on the packaging, has enough fluoride to kill an average-weighing child under the age of 9. (Source)

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NOTES:

• Tallahassee, Fla.—11/22/2024: State Surgeon General Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo recommends against community water fluoridation due to the neuropsychiatric risk associated with fluoride exposure.

• JAMA -January 6, 2025: "Fluoride Exposure and Children’s IQ Scores - A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis"

• CAND: Food and Water Watch et al. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency et al.
  

• CDC: Community Water Fluoridation - One of the 10 Greatest Public Health Achievements of the 20th Century

• BOOK: "Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Scientific Review of EPA's Standards" (2006)

• Science Direct: Fluoride metabolism: its significance in water fluoridation
  

• JSTOR: Fluoride Intoxication in a Dialysis Unit — Maryland
  

• NIH: Bone disease in hemodialysis patients with particular reference to the effect of fluoride
  

• Fluoride Action Network: Fluoridation and Bone Disease in Renal Patients
  

• Fluoride Action Network: Increased Risk of Fluoride Toxicity with Kidney Disease
  

• Environmental Health Perspectives: Prenatal Fluoride Exposure and Cognitive Outcomes in Children at 4 and 6-12 Years of Age in Mexico
  

• HHS: NTP Technical Report on the Toxicology and Carcinogenesis Studies of Sodium Fluoride in Rats and Mice
  

• Fluoride Action Network: Time Trends for Bone and Joint Cancers and Osteosarcomas
  

• New Jersey Department of Health: An Epidemiologic Report on Drinking Water and Fluoridation
  

• Science Direct: Marked decrease in trabecular bone quality after five years of sodium fluoride therapy; assessed by biomechanical testing of iliac crest bone biopsies in osteoporotic patients
  

• Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research: Bone Fragility of the Peripheral Skeleton During Fluoride Therapy for Osteoporosis
  

• Journal of Bone and Mineral Research: Increased incidence of hip fracture in osteoporotic women treated with sodium fluoride
  

• Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons: Community Water Fluoridation and Rate of Pediatric Fractures
  

• Environmental Health Perspectives: Fluoride in Drinking Water, Diet, and Urine in Relation to Bone Mineral Density And Fracture Incidence in Postmenopausal Women
  

• Science Direct: The association between water fluoridation and hip fracture among white Women and Men aged 65 years and older: A national ecologic study
  

• Jama Network: A National Study Exploring the Association Between Fluoride Levels and Dental Fluorosis
  

• NEPIS: Final Draft for the Drinking Water Criteria Document on Fluoride
  

• Fluoride Action Network: Fluoride Press Release
  

• Fluoride Action Network: Petition for Review of Regulations Promulgated by the Administrator of The United States Environmental Protection Agency
  

• Fluoride Action Network: EPA Union’s Attempt to Join Lawsuit Opposing Fluoride Standard was Rebuffed
  

• Springer Nature Link: Association Between Osteoarthritis and Water Fluoride Among Tongyu Residents, China, 2019: a Case-Control of Population-Based Study
  

• Fluoride Action Network: Investigations on the occurrence of osteoarthritis in middle-aged and elderly persons in fluorosis-afflicted regions of Gaomi City with high fluoride concentration in drinking water.
  

• Springer Nature Link: Endemic fluorosis in Turkish patients: relationship with knee osteoarthritis
  

• Fluoride Action Network: Industrial Fluorosis
  

• Archives Gov: Federal Register Issue 1985/11/4
  

• Duke Today: Lead Exposure in Last Century Shrank IQ Scores of Half of Americans
  

• EPA: Lead Regulations
  

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• The New York Academy of Sciences: Toxin-Induced Blood Vessel Inclusions Caused by the Chronic Administration of Aluminum and Sodium Fluoride and Their Implications for Dementia