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Breaking: Fluoride in Water Poses ‘Unreasonable Risk’ to Children, Federal Judge Rules
The Defender ^ | 09/25/2024 | Brenda Baletti

Posted on 09/25/2024 8:42:58 AM PDT by DFG

In a decision that could end the practice of water fluoridation in the U.S., a federal judge late Tuesday ruled that water fluoridation at current U.S. levels poses an “unreasonable risk” of reduced IQ in children.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can no longer ignore that risk, and must take regulatory action, Judge Edward Chen of the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California wrote in the long-awaited landmark decision.

More than 200 million Americans drink water treated with fluoride at the “optimal” level of 0.7 milligrams per liter (mg/L). However, Chen ruled that a preponderance of scientific evidence shows this level of fluoride exposure may damage human health, particularly that of pregnant mothers and young children.

The verdict delivers a major blow to the EPA, public health agencies like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and professional lobbying groups like the American Dental Association (ADA), which have staked their reputations on the claim that water fluoridation is one of the greatest public health achievements of the 20th century and an unqualified public good.

Fluoride proponents refused to reexamine that stance despite mounting scientific evidence from top researchers and government agencies of fluoride’s neurotoxic risks, particularly for infants’ developing brains.

Instead, they attempted to weaken and suppress the research and discredit the scientists carrying it out.

(Excerpt) Read more at childrenshealthdefense.org ...


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To: DFG

Does any other nation put fluoride in its water?


41 posted on 09/25/2024 11:57:26 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again," )
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To: RightOnTheBorder

Municipalities far and wide have examined the facts and chosen to ACCEPT DONATIONS FROM THE ALUMINUM COMPANIES WHO PRODUCE AN UNNATURAL FORM OF FLOURIDE.


42 posted on 09/25/2024 11:58:38 AM PDT by aimhigh (1 John 3:23 "And THIS is His commandment . . . . ")
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To: goodnesswins

It was usually my belief that fluorides had a positive effect on something, but at the expense of a few other negative effects on the human body & that the reason for it was that it was a waste product but could be sold to cities for a profit. It does have usefulness (apparently) in prevention of tooth decay, but I don’t think it is of any real benefit in drinking water.


43 posted on 09/25/2024 1:02:18 PM PDT by oldtech
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To: goodnesswins

It was usually my belief that fluorides had a positive effect on something, but at the expense of a few other negative effects on the human body & that the reason for it was that it was a waste product but could be sold to cities for a profit. It does have usefulness (apparently) in prevention of tooth decay, but I don’t think it is of any real benefit in drinking water.


44 posted on 09/25/2024 1:03:10 PM PDT by oldtech
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To: blackpacific
A mosquito was heard to complain,
"I fear they have addled my brain!
The cause of my sorrow
is para-dichloro-
diphenyl-trichloro ethane!"

45 posted on 09/25/2024 1:05:31 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: DFG

There’s gotta be class-action law firms behind this.


46 posted on 09/25/2024 1:05:48 PM PDT by citizen (Political incrementalism is like compound interest for liberals - every little bit adds up.)
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To: Dr. Sivana; aimhigh; Glad2bnuts

Tell it to your city, county, or water district. A federal judge or agency has no business telling a local water authority how to treat water.


47 posted on 09/25/2024 7:19:52 PM PDT by RightOnTheBorder
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To: blackpacific

I don’t care where a federal judge gets his information. It is not wise (forget constitutional which went out the window years ago) to have a fed dictate local policy. Feds with the hubris to do so deserve any and all derision.


48 posted on 09/25/2024 7:26:11 PM PDT by RightOnTheBorder
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To: RightOnTheBorder

They have no business mandating many things. They don’t have the power to do anything, but city water has no interest in the health of people. In fact, they do better when people are sick, homeless and drug addicted.


49 posted on 09/25/2024 7:28:58 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts (“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: We should have set up ambushes...paraphrased)
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To: DFG

Peace On Earth


50 posted on 09/25/2024 7:31:02 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America.)
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To: RightOnTheBorder
A federal judge or agency has no business telling a local water authority how to treat water.

And the feds have no business providing financial incentives for the local water authority to add the fluoride.

Some would say that the local water authority has no business telling U.S. Citizens that they need fluoride for their own good, when it has NOTHING To do with the safety or cleanliness of the water.
51 posted on 09/25/2024 8:23:04 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: DFG

Actually Fluoride is a commercial waste by-product and the corporations needed a novel idea to get rid of it. Voila, pretend it is good for teeth and bones and sell it to the people to add to their water. The people fell for the scam and have been adding to their water and toothpaste ever since. People have also been becoming less healthy and their IQs have also been falling ever since.

I drink well water without the added Fluoride as do everyone else in my rural county. I bet we are healthier and our IQ is higher than that of the residents in the college town nearby. For example, we don’t have any home-grown trans-GIBLETS here.


52 posted on 09/25/2024 8:30:53 PM PDT by CFW
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To: blackpacific

” The absence of Polio we were told was driven by the vaccine, but it was more likely the cessation of the use of DDT, which they used to spray on milking cows.”

Nuts. Polio was around long before DDT was commonly used.


53 posted on 09/26/2024 3:43:53 AM PDT by rxh4n1 ( )
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To: Dr. Sivana; Glad2bnuts

Welp, I still hold my position on Federal judges and their (lack of) character but upon some research you may have a convert on the issue of fluoridation in muni water.


54 posted on 10/09/2024 7:12:01 AM PDT by RightOnTheBorder
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To: RightOnTheBorder

I think we are mostly in agreement on federal judges. We need freepers like you to challenge us to defend our positions, and not to merely emote. Most of us have modified our positions, and that does not always mean abandoning the principles that help us form our decisions in the first place.


55 posted on 10/09/2024 7:59:49 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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