After four years of interruption, a groundbreaking lawsuit against government fluoridation of drinking water in the USA has been resumed.
After four years of interruption, a groundbreaking lawsuit against government fluoridation of drinking water in the USA has been resumed.
Michael Connett, the leading attorney in the legal dispute, states: "Fluoride should be banned from drinking water and the US government must warn people—particularly pregnant mothers—about the serious health risks of fluoridated water. Fluoridation violates informed consent".
Connett represents organizations and individuals who sued the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prohibit states and municipalities from artificially adding fluoride to their water systems.
Connett says: "We now have high-quality data financed by the NIH [National Institutes of Health]—which links maternal fluoride exposure to IQ deficits… that is really the focus of our lawsuit.
The court must answer the question of whether fluoridation poses an unreasonable risk of effects on neurological development. If the court answers yes, the EPA is legally obligated to take action to address this risk."
Why this legal dispute is of the highest importance in the USA and worldwide:
Although the court cannot prescribe to the EPA how to handle the risk, the EPA has the authority under a law on the control of toxic substances to ban fluoridation.
The decision of whether water is fluoridated lies with the individual states and municipalities; however, if the EPA bans the practice, no municipality can fluoridize its water anymore, since the EPA is the highest authority on this matter. For more than 200 million Americans, this would mean the end of government fluoridation. Such a major victory for fluoridation opponents after their 70-year struggle would also have repercussions on mandatory fluoridation, as practiced by approximately 24 countries worldwide.
A safe method to avoid the intake of fluoride and many other toxins through drinking water is the use of a reverse osmosis filter.