I will be circulating several attachments to aid in your consideration of this proposal:
1) A copy of the opinion for the case, Food & Water Watch, Inc. et al. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency, et al., No. 17-cv-02162-EMC, 2024 WL 4291497 (D. Cal. Sept. 24, 2024). This is the case that was pursuant to the Toxic Control Substances Act, in which the court found that Food & Water Watch proved “by a preponderance of the evidence, that water fluoridation at the level of .7 mg/L – the prescribed optimal level of fluoridation in the United States – presents an “unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment, without consideration of costs or other non-risk factors, including an unreasonable risk to a potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulation.” The court ordered the EPA to change the regulations addressing fluoride as requested by the Plaintiffs. The plaintiffs won this case unequivocally.
2) A copy of the complaint filed in this case
3) A copy of the groundwater fluoride concentration map for Tennessee. It indicates that our region naturally has less than .7 mg/L in the untreated groundwater.
4) A copy of the minutes from the May 2025 meeting of the Knox Chapman Board.
In addition, here are links to:
* the Food & Water Watch website describing the case: https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2024/09/26/fluoride-drinking-water-lawsuit-victory/
* A study demonstrating that even at concentrations less than .7 mg/L, there are adverse IQ effects to the brains of developing infants: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412019326145?via%3Dihub
* The JAMA Review and Meta-Analysis showing a dose related inverse relationship between fluoride exposure and declination of IQ: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2828425
* A link to the Utah bill that was passed: https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HB0081.html
* Additionally, the recitals to the ordinance, which you can also access through our agenda posting system.
Please provide me links to any of the resources that you might use, if you oppose my initiative, so we can all be prepared to discuss this on Monday.
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