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EPA Unions: Suspend Fluoride In Drinking Water

Taken from the Canadian Water Quality Association - Communique
Issue 2241
September 2005

Citing what they call a possible cancer risk, 11 unions representing more than 7,000 workers at the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) are calling for a national moratorium on programs to add fluoride to drinking water. In a letter to the EPA Administer, the unions advised that the agency should act as soon as possible, even before a committee of the National Academy of Sciences completes a report on the issue early next year.

An EPA scientist said actions need to be taken now in light of allegations that a Harvard University dentistry professor downplayed research showing an increase risk of bone cancer for boys who drink fluoridated tap water.

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