Water Supply

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is not entitled to summary judgment in a suit brought by nonprofit groups that claim fluoridation chemicals added to public water supplies are neurotoxic, a federal court in California <a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/watersupply.pdf"><strong>ruled</strong></a>. </span>

SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is not entitled to summary judgment in a suit brought by nonprofit groups that claim fluoridation chemicals added to public water supplies are neurotoxic, a federal court in California ruled .

While the plaintiffs have adequately alleged a neurotoxic harm – headaches – the court determined that a reasonable juror may still find that the EPA is entitled to a favorable verdict and thus, also denied summary judgment to the nonprofits.

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