By Free Republic | Created at 2024-09-27 20:33:01 | Updated at 2024-09-30 15:31:15
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EPA Ordered to Address Risks of Fluoride in Water Linked to Children's IQ
Newsweek ^ | Sep 26, 2024
Posted on 09/27/2024 12:27:59 PM PDT by nickcarraway
he Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been ordered to address how fluoride in water could risk children's intellectual development.
Edward Chen, a U.S. District judge in San Francisco, California, said on Tuesday that although it is unclear if the amount of fluoride typically added to water is causing lower IQ (intelligence quotient) levels in kids, there is increasing research that it could be an unreasonable risk.
Chen ruled that the EPA must take steps to lower that potential risk, but did not clarify what the process would look like. In August, the National Toxicology Program, part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), released a report that stated "with moderate confidence" that there is a connection between higher levels of fluoride exposure and lower IQ in kids. The report marks the first time a federal agency has determined such findings. It was not designed to evaluate the health effects of fluoride in drinking water alone.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: fluoride; junkscience
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1 posted on 09/27/2024 12:27:59 PM PDT by nickcarraway
To: nickcarraway
What authority does a British noble (”judge”) have to “order” that?
2 posted on 09/27/2024 12:31:09 PM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
To: nickcarraway
The EPA is way too busy faking up Global Warming Climate Crisis to deal with real things
3 posted on 09/27/2024 12:34:40 PM PDT by butlerweave
To: nickcarraway
“Fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face.”
General Jack D. Ripper
4 posted on 09/27/2024 12:34:41 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man (The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical object)
To: nickcarraway
Take it out. That’s the only way to eliminate the risk.
5 posted on 09/27/2024 12:36:51 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
To: nickcarraway
When judges rule. Or think they do.
6 posted on 09/27/2024 12:36:56 PM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
To: Macho MAGA Man
General Ripper was right!
7 posted on 09/27/2024 12:37:30 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: nickcarraway
● It is now well established that fluoride is not an essential nutrient. This means that no human disease – including tooth decay – will result from a “deficiency” of fluoride.
● Silicofluorides are not pharmaceutical-grade fluoride products; they are unprocessed industrial by-products of the phosphate fertilizer industry. Since these silicofluorides undergo no purification procedures, batch samples and certificates of analysis that accompany shipments of fluoridation additives reveal that they’re often contaminated with elevated levels harmful toxins, including lead, aluminum, and arsenic — moreso than any other water treatment chemical.
● Most developed nations in the world have rejected fluoridation, including 97% of western Europe. The United States, which fluoridates more than 70% of its water supplies, is an exception to this rule.
● According to the British Fluoridation Society, there are more people drinking artificially fluoridated water in the United States than all other countries combined.
8 posted on 09/27/2024 12:44:27 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (🦅 MAGADONIAN ⚔️ buy)
To: nickcarraway
The John Birch Society was correct all along.
9 posted on 09/27/2024 1:00:39 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. -- Psalm 106)
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10 posted on 09/27/2024 1:03:36 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: wastedyears
Flouride is a chemical industrial waste product that is made valuable by gullible and greedy city councils or other city officials needing re-election money or receiving other kick-backs
11 posted on 09/27/2024 1:15:09 PM PDT by RushingWater (Thank God for no more mean tweets, it's worth 30% inflation. )
To: nickcarraway
12 posted on 09/27/2024 1:22:43 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
To: nickcarraway
13 posted on 09/27/2024 1:23:43 PM PDT by xoxox
To: nickcarraway
Note:
If you drink bottled water - and you care about this - read the label.
‘Purified’ water is filtered tap water.
Even the RO process can’t remove the tiny fluorine atoms.
14 posted on 09/27/2024 1:25:42 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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