(December 22, 2017, 1:39 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in California on Dec. 21 refused to dismiss a complaint against the Environmental Protection Agency brought by environmental advocacy groups seeking to compel the agency to initiate a rulemaking procedure to ban the introduction of “fluoridation chemicals” into drinking water on grounds that they cause brain damage (Food & Water Watch Inc., et al. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency, et al., No. 17-2162, N.D. Calif.)....