As TSCA Trial Begins, EPA, Environmentalists Attack Other Sides’ Experts

At the start of the first-time Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) section 21 trial June 8, attorneys for EPA and environmentalists each spent much of their opening comments defending the integrity of their expert witnesses in the case, while attempting to undermine the credibility of the other sides’ experts. The plaintiffs in the case, Food & Water Watch, Inc. et al v. EPA , who are seeking to show that drinking water fluoridation poses an “unreasonable risk” and must be...