Michael Connett, the renowned US lawyer who led and won a historic legal battle against water fluoridation, is coming to New Zealand in February. This landmark visit offers Kiwis the chance to hear first hand from a lawyer who took on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in a case that will lead to the end of water fluoridation in the US.
Connett’s legal win represents a monumental moment in public health advocacy. He spearheaded the lawsuit under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), arguing that fluoridation poses significant risks to human health, particularly for children. For the first time in US history, a Federal court undertook a risk assessment and agreed fluoridation poses“an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment” and ordered the EPA to take regulatory steps to “reduce or remove the threat posed by fluoridation”.
Having last night attended Mr Connett’s extensive and informative presentation in Havelock North I find myself with one unanswered question.
The court case went on for several years and even discovery was extensive and very time consuming. Where did the money come from to support this case, why did the people support it and how much did it cost them?
How will fluoride affect the chemical balance on my swimming pool, and my tropical plants???
Drinking water is only a tiny portion of its usages.
We don’t have that much information on that, so if you find any, please post here.
Having last night attended Mr Connett’s extensive and informative presentation in Havelock North I find myself with one unanswered question.
The court case went on for several years and even discovery was extensive and very time consuming. Where did the money come from to support this case, why did the people support it and how much did it cost them?
The money was donated by supporters from all over the world, although mostly from the USA.