A seven-year battle between the EPA and the public interest regarding the fluoridation of public drinking water has finally concluded. This is an excellent result by Siri & Glimstad partner Michael Connett in securing a court order against the EPA. Great job, Michael!
U.S. District Court Judge Edward Chen concluded the following in his ruling:
"[T]he Court finds that fluoridation of water at 0.7 milligrams per liter ("mg/L") - the level presently considered "optimal" in the United States - poses an unreasonable risk of reduced IQ in children.... [A] risk sufficient to require the EPA to engage with a regulatory response...."The NTP report referred to above can be found here. While we wait for the EPA to take the next step, many municipalities have already acted to remove fluoride from their water systems.
"There is little dispute in this suit as to whether fluoride poses a hazard to human health. Indeed, EPA's own expert agrees that fluoride is hazardous at some level of exposure. And ample evidence establishes that a mother's exposure to fluoride during pregnancy is associated with IQ decrements in her offspring. The United States National Toxicology Program ("NTP") - the federal agency regarded as experts in toxicity.... concluded that fluoride is indeed associated with reduced IQ in children, at least at exposure levels at or above 1.5 mg/L (i.e., "higher" exposure levels)...."
"In all, there is substantial and scientifically credible evidence establishing that fluoride poses a risk to human health; it is associated with a reduction in the IQ of children and is hazardous at dosages that are far too close to fluoride levels in the drinking water of the United States. And this risk is unreasonable under Amended TSCA. Reduced IQ poses serious harm. Studies have linked IQ decrements of even one or two points to e.g., reduced educational attainment, employment status, productivity, and earned wages."
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Look what is happening in Quebec over Montreal phasing out flouride.
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***sure they do, now they just pay for the same tap water in a plastic bottle. Your dentist is a moron!
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I also saw a similar reverse by I believe it was the Mayor of Montreal. What in the hell is going on that despite positive evidence and a court ruling these fuckers would want to keep poisoning us ? Evil knows no bounds !
He was surprised. His mental acuity came back by the time I left and he started to feel energy again. I gave him the rest of the colloidal water when I left and he started ordering it on line.
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Public ridicule was so widespread that it was used as a running joke in "DR. STRANGELOVE OR HOW I LEARN TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB. The psycho Air Force general who initiates the attack on the Soviet Union, "Jack D. Ripper," keeps referring to protecting "our precious bodily fluids." Too bad most of the Birchers, who bore the brunt of much of the ridicule are no longer around to enjoy their vindication.
Because there are two main applications of fluor / floaric acid, at least of which I'm aware of. One is the nuclear industry, were it is used to extract Uranium from the ore - creating Uranium hexafluoride a.k.a. yellow cake. And the other one is the wafer / semiconductor manufacturing, were fluoric acid is a widely used etching agent.
And most of such industrial sites are now located in Russia, China, and the Global South in general, not in the West ...
Because...