The prehistory of the largest lawsuit in the USA against government fluoridation of drinking water: On November 22, 2016, the action network Fluoride "Fluorid Action Network (FAN) together with five other…

The prehistory of the largest lawsuit in the USA against government fluoridation of drinking water:

On November 22, 2016, the action network Fluoride "Fluorid Action Network (FAN) together with five other organizations and five individuals filed a citizen petition pursuant to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to call upon the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban water supply fluoridation in the USA. A multitude of animal, cell, and human studies have shown that fluoride at doses occurring in fluoridated communities damages nerve cells and nerve tissue.
The EPA rejected the petition, whereupon fluoride critics sued in the Northern District Court of California. The EPA requested the lawsuit be dismissed, but the court denied the EPA's motion on December 21, 2017.

On June 8, 2020, a seven-day hearing began in the Northern District Court of California in San Francisco. Due to Corona restrictions, the hearing was broadcast live via video stream. More than 400 people reportedly followed the hearing daily according to the website "fluoridealert.org". At the end of January 2024, the trial finally continued. The U.S. District Court had set aside nine days for witness testimony and cross-examination of expert and fact witnesses.