March 20, 2026: Petition to the Environmental Commissioner at the Office of the Auditor General
Fluoride Free Canada, with the support of the environmental organizations Eau Secours, Citizens Environment Alliance of Southwestern Ontario, Watershed Watchers Environmental Network, and Windsor Essex On Watch, presented a petition under section 22 of the Auditor General Act to the Environmental Commissioner at the Office of Canada's Auditor General, asking him:
To stop the injection of toxic substances into drinking water, namely anthropogenic inorganic fluorides (hexafluorosilicic acid, sodium fluorosilicate and sodium fluoride), contaminated with toxic metals (arsenic, lead, aluminum), for therapeutic purposes, recommended by Health Canada but in violation of The Fisheries Act.
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Section 34(1), outlining provisions to conserve and protect fish habitat that sustains Canada's fishery resources and to prevent its deterioration
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Section 35(1), prohibiting the deterioration, destruction, or disturbance of fish habitat
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Sections 36-42 controlling the discharge of any harmful substance into water and fish habitat
The petition also requests that Health Canada define the legal classification of chemicals used for fluoridation, and that they acknowledge that they do not guarantee the effectiveness, safety, or sanitary quality of these chemicals. Finally, it asks that Health Canada explain how it can claim that drinking water fluoridation is an effective and safe health measure, given that Health Canada, the provincial ministries of health, municipalities, the National Sanitation Foundation, and the manufacturers of fluoridation chemicals do not conduct any analyses or tests on the effectiveness, safety, or the sanitary quality of these products.
March 4, 2026: EPA’s Bid to Overturn Landmark Fluoride Ruling Based on Process, Not Public Health Concerns, by Brenda Baletti, Ph.D.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in a hearing on Tuesday urged a federal appeals court to reverse a landmark 2024 decision ordering the agency to regulate fluoride added to drinking water.
The EPA did not dispute the substance of the 2024 ruling — that fluoride added to drinking water poses an “unreasonable risk” to children’s health and the agency must regulate it.
Instead, the agency argued to a three-judge panel that U.S. District Judge Edward Chen overstepped standard judicial process when he put the original trial on hold in 2020 to wait for new scientific evidence.