Plaintiffs Suing EPA Over Water Fluoridation Allege ‘Bureaucratic Lethargy’

(March 26, 2024, 12:50 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Plaintiffs who sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for allegedly causing an “unreasonable risk of injury” due to the artificial fluoridation XE "artificial fluoridation"  of drinking water have filed a brief in California federal court, arguing that the court “is confronted with precisely the scenario that Congress had in mind” when it enacted the citizen petition provision of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), namely, “an EPA that has let ‘bureaucratic lethargy’ undermine the appropriate enforcement of TSCA’s ‘vital authority’ for safeguarding public health.”...