A federal judge in California says fluoride in drinking water poses a risk to the intellectual development of children, and U.S. environmental regulators need to address it.
Death toll rises: 15-year-old dies days after home collapse in Brazoria CountyLIVE RADAR: Cold front pushing through bringing showers to SE TexasGet ready to travel this fall with these Insider DealsFILE - A student drinks from a water fountain at an elementary school in California on Sept. 20, 2023. – Fluoride in drinking water poses a risk to the intellectual development of children, and U.S. environmental regulators need to address it, a federal judge in California has ruled.
“Simply put, the risk to health at exposure levels in United States drinking water is sufficiently high to trigger regulatory response by the EPA” under federal law, he wrote. Though fluoride can come from a number of sources, drinking water is the main source for Americans, researchers say. Nearly two-thirds of the U.S. population currently gets
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