Stop HB1684 and protect the health of Washington children and adults. 

The bill has passed the House and now has been assigned to the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology. 

Oppose this bill because HB1684 is based on scientific falsehoods about fluoride being beneficial to children.  Fluoride in drinking water is currently under scrutiny in the courts for the devastating harm fluoride can cause to human health.  In a major trial , (Food and Water Watch v. EPA), still pending in a federal district court, groups including Fluoride Action Network, Food and Water Watch, and Moms Against Fluoridation, sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its blatant failure to take action against the harm that fluoride inflicts on people.   In the trial, some of the top fluoride research scientists testified on behalf of the plaintiffs citing their research that clearly shows that “water fluoridation significantly lowers the intelligence (IQs) of children and has been found to triple the incidence of ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorders) in children.” One peer-reviewed analysis submitted in the trial which was authored by ten internationally esteemed scientists, confirmed the plaintiff’s stance that:

“fluoride is a developmental neurotoxicant (i.e., causing adverse effects on brain development in early life). Given the ubiquity of fluoride exposure, the population impact of adverse effects from fluoride may be even greater than for other toxic elements like lead, mercury, and arsenic.” June 8, 2021, BMD Analysis of the ELEMENT and MIREC data, Journal Risk Analysis, (Official publication of the Society for Risk Analysis.)