EPA Wins Controversial Bid To Offer Late Evidence In TSCA Trial

EPA’s lawyers won a controversial effort June 15 to offer late evidence in the landmark federal Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) trial, overcoming heated pleas from the plaintiffs’ lawyers to block admission of the abstract for an unpublished study that claims prenatal exposure to fluorinated drinking water may be beneficial. However, in a concession, Judge Edward Chen of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California -- who is overseeing the novel case, Food & Water Watch, Inc....