Fluoride in drinking water poses enough risk to merit new EPA …
WEB5 days ago — Fluoride can come from a number of sources, but drinking water is the main source for Americans, researchers say. Nearly two-thirds of the U.S. population currently gets fluoridated drinking water, according to CDC data. Since 2015, federal health officials have recommended a fluoridation level of 0.7 milligrams per liter of water.
Fluoride in drinking water poses enough risk to merit new EPA …
WEB5 days ago — New YorkAP —. A federal judge has ordered the US Environmental Protection Agency to further regulate fluoride in drinking water because high levels could pose a risk to the intellectual ...
Judge orders EPA to address impacts of fluoride in drinking water
WEB5 days ago — The ADA has reaffirmed its stance that community water fluoridation is safe and beneficial to oral health, following a federal judge’s ruling that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency must take action regarding fluoride in drinking water. While the EPA is required to take action, the ruling did not ban or in any way limit the addition of ...
Court Confirms: EPA Must Strengthen Fluoride Regulations
WEB4 days ago — For decades, local governments have followed federal recommendations to add fluoride to drinking water. Public water systems provide fluoridated drinking water to over 207 million people in the U.S., with the intent of promoting dental health. But mounting scientific evidence demonstrates fluoride at high enough levels has harmful neurotoxic effects on children.
Federal court rules against EPA in lawsuit over fluoride in water
WEB5 days ago — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has long hailed the addition of fluoride to drinking water as one of the greatest public health achievements of the 20th century, paving the way for ...
Historic Court Decision in Fluoridation Toxicity Case Orders EPA to …
WEB6 days ago — Published Sep 25, 2024. Food System Clean Water. In a first-of-its-kind decision, a federal court in California ruled yesterday that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must strengthen regulation of fluoride in drinking water across the country. The court found that scientific evidence of fluoride’s health risks when ingested at levels ...
EPA Must Address Fluoridated Water's Risk to Children's IQs, US …
WEB5 days ago — More than 200 million Americans, or about 75% of the population, currently have fluoride added to their drinking water at recommended levels of 0.7 milligrams of fluoride per liter of water.
Fluoride in drinking water needs new EPA review over risks ... - NBC News
WEB5 days ago — A federal judge in California sided with several advocacy groups that fluoride in drinking water may pose potential risk to children. The EPA said it was reviewing the decision.
Fluoride at twice the recommended limit linked to lower IQ in kids …
WEBAug 22, 2024 — The World Health Organization has set a safe limit for fluoride in drinking water of 1.5. The report said that about 0.6% of the U.S. population — about 1.9 million people — are on water systems with naturally occurring fluoride …
The push to ban fluoride in drinking water just got a big boost
WEBThe campaign to ban fluoride in drinking water — where it can protect teeth from decay but may also damage the mental development of newborn children — appears to have taken a step forward in ...