The Fluoride Action Network (FAN) has been challenging the safety of fluoride in public water systems in a federal lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) since 2017. The lawsuit is the first of its kind to actually go to trial, and it has included testimony from experts on environmental toxins and admissions from EPA and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officials that fluoride could be linked to specific harms. FAN’s executive director, Paul Connett, claims that the emerging science on developmental neurotoxicity, especially loss of IQ from early life exposure to fluoride, is a “game-changer.” The lawsuit has also brought attention to new research linking fluoride exposure to neurodevelopmental effects. The court has set aside two weeks to hear testimony and cross-examination of expert witnesses based on new published research and evidence that has come to light since the last trial dates in 2020. The continued trial will focus on whether the EPA followed the proper standard of causation in assessing the health hazards of fluoride and will take into account recently published studies on fluoride’s neurotoxicity.
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