YORKTOWN, N.Y.—The Environmental Protection Agency is continuing its review of a district court judge’s decision in late September that required the agency to determine the potential health risks of fluoridated water but did not impose a ban.
Environmental watchdog Food and Water Watch filed suit in a California federal court, arguing that community water fluoridation at a level of 0.7 milligrams per liter poses an “unreasonable risk” of injury to human health and lower IQ in children.
Food and Water Watch filed the suit after the EPA denied a petition in 2016 that said the agency should ban or limit fluoridation of drinking water….