Judge Maintains Suit Seeking TSCA Fluoridation Ban, But Awaits NTP Study

April 23, 2021
A federal judge has once again rebuffed EPA’s effort to end anti-fluoridation groups’ novel TSCA suit over their petition for a ban on drinking water fluoridation but says he will keep the case in abeyance until the National Toxicology Program (NTP) releases a pending report on fluoride’s neurotoxicity, calling it “central” to his eventual decision. “Whatever we do, my intent in this case is to not adjudicate, frankly, until I see the final NTP report as a minimum,” Judge Edward...


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