USA - lawsuit against Metropolitan Water District
Ventura County is among plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Metropolitan Water District
By Kim Lamb Gregory
Ventura County Star
Posted August 18, 2011 at 5:38 p.m.
An advocacy group called Citizens for Safe Drinking Water is suing Southern California's largest water wholesaler with claims that consumers in Ventura, San Diego and Los Angeles counties are being medicated without their consent.
At issue is a fluoride compound called hydrofluosilicic acid, which the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California uses in the water supply to help prevent dental disease.
"Whereas the government can do something to require us to be medicated, they can't medicate us with an unapproved substance," said La Jolla attorney Kyle Nordrehaug, who is representing Citizens for Safe Drinking Water on a pro bono basis. He filed the lawsuit Aug. 9 in U.S. District Court, Southern District of California,
The group's national director, Jeff Green, explained in a news release that the lawsuit is not trying to prove hydrofluosilicic acid is safe or unsafe for human consumption. Their point is that it hasn't been tested or approved for safety or effectiveness by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.....
By Kim Lamb Gregory
Ventura County Star
Posted August 18, 2011 at 5:38 p.m.
An advocacy group called Citizens for Safe Drinking Water is suing Southern California's largest water wholesaler with claims that consumers in Ventura, San Diego and Los Angeles counties are being medicated without their consent.
At issue is a fluoride compound called hydrofluosilicic acid, which the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California uses in the water supply to help prevent dental disease.
"Whereas the government can do something to require us to be medicated, they can't medicate us with an unapproved substance," said La Jolla attorney Kyle Nordrehaug, who is representing Citizens for Safe Drinking Water on a pro bono basis. He filed the lawsuit Aug. 9 in U.S. District Court, Southern District of California,
The group's national director, Jeff Green, explained in a news release that the lawsuit is not trying to prove hydrofluosilicic acid is safe or unsafe for human consumption. Their point is that it hasn't been tested or approved for safety or effectiveness by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.....
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