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 Landmark Fluoride Trial 

Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) of 1976, a group of non-profits and individuals petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2016 to end the addition of fluoridation chemicals into drinking water due to fluoride's neurotoxicity. The EPA rejected the petition. In response, the groups sued the EPA in Federal Court in 2017.

In 2017, Moms Against Fluoridation along with other nonprofit organizations, including Fluoride Action Network, Food & Water Watch, Organic Consumers Association, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology, Moms Against Fluoridation and mothers on behalf of their children, filed a lawsuit against the EPA. The lawsuit was brought to force the EPA to regulate the addition of Fluoride to public water sources. Regulation of fluoride, Attorneys and plaintiffs claim, is the EPA's responsibility under the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 :

"The Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”)‟s Section 6(a) requires Defendant United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to regulate the use of certain chemical substances that it determines pose an unreasonable risk to health or the environment. 15 U.S.C. § 2605(a). Section 6(b) requires the EPA to perform its own sua sponte evaluation of the risks posed by certain chemical substances “under the conditions of use.” 15 U.S.C. § 2605(b)(4)(A). The statute defines the “conditions of use” as “the circumstances, as determined by the Administrator, under which a chemical substance is intended, known, or reasonably foreseen to be manufactured, processed, distributed in commerce, used, or disposed of.” 15 U.S.C. § 2602(4)."

Attorneys for the plaintiffs successfully defeated the EPA's motion to dismiss, attempts to limit discovery , and the EPA's Motion for Summary Judgement. The case has proceeded through the discovery phase, including months of intense discovery and dozens of depositions of key witnesses from the scientific community and the EPA. A 7-day trial was held in June 2020. The judge has yet to make his ruling as of August 2023. The next phase of the trial will begin in January, 2024.

Additional information can be found at the websites of the involved parties.