CONFIRMEDHealth & PharmaIn September 2024, a federal court ruled that fluoride in drinking water poses an unreasonable risk of neurodevelopmental harm to children and ordered the EPA to strengthen regulations. The NIH's own National Toxicology Program confirmed fluoride's neurodevelopmental risks.
“In September 2024, a federal court ruled that fluoride in drinking water poses an unreasonable risk of neurodevelopmental harm to children and ordered the EPA to strengthen regulations. The NIH's own National Toxicology Program confirmed fluoride's neurodevelopmental risks.”
For decades, questioning fluoride in drinking water made you a tinfoil-hat-wearing conspiracy theorist. In September 2024, a federal court agreed with the tinfoil hats: fluoride poses an unreasonable risk of neurodevelopmental harm to children.
Food & Water Watch won a landmark case against the EPA. The court found that fluoride at levels used in US water supplies poses a risk to children's brain development. The judge ordered the EPA to take regulatory action. This isn't fringe science — it's a federal court order based on evidence the EPA itself couldn't refute.
The National Toxicology Program — part of the National Institutes of Health — conducted a systematic review and confirmed that fluoride exposure is associated with lower IQ in children. The government's own research agency confirmed what "conspiracy theorists" have been saying for 50 years.
Fluoride was added to US water supplies starting in 1945. For 80 years, anyone who questioned the practice was mocked, dismissed, and compared to flat-earthers. Meanwhile, most European countries rejected water fluoridation decades ago. Were they conspiracy theorists too, or were they just ahead of the science?
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