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[–] dank@lemmy.today 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The Obama-appointed US judge Edward Chen found fluoridation could cause developmental damage and lower IQ in children at levels to which the public is generally exposed in drinking water. Though the ruling did not state the level at which fluoridation would damage brains, the levels in US water present an unreasonable risk, the court found.

The EPA now must perform a risk assessment that is among the first steps in setting new limits under the Toxic Substances Control Act.

Armed with a growing body of scientific evidence pointing toward fluoride’s neurotoxicity, public health advocates say the legal win shows they are overcoming “institutional inertia” and the unwillingness of federal public health agencies to admit they may have been wrong.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/04/fluoridation-water-epa-risk-assessement

[–] dank@lemmy.today -2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Bernie refused to call it a genocide as late as February. He showed his true colors a long time ago.

[–] dank@lemmy.today -2 points 2 weeks ago

And Harris will laugh.

[–] dank@lemmy.today -3 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Rather than pledge to stop supporting genocide to win the votes of people who can't stomach the daily carnage, she is courting Trump's base on Fox News and touting endorsements from architects of the Iraq War.

[–] dank@lemmy.today 2 points 1 month ago

Imperialism go brrrrr

[–] dank@lemmy.today 2 points 1 month ago

Bibi marches from genocide to a full-scale war in the Middle East. The donkey glumly follows its master. But they fein suprise when we don't meakly trudge behind.

 

The outlet, which describes itself as Pennsylvania’s only African American-owned and operated radio station, also said the White House’s decision to supply questions to Lawful-Sanders prolonged a historical practice of marginalizing and “de-legitimizing Black voices” in US media.

"Lawful-Sanders was one of two battleground state radio hosts who aired an interview with Biden on 4 July and described being given questions by the president’s staff ahead of the conversation."

 

To suspend the number of people who can apply for asylum, Biden is relying on the same mechanism Donald Trump turned to during his presidency: section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

But in the 40 years since the US created its asylum system, no other Democrat suspended people’s ability to seek refuge in the US – an international right. 

Moreover, under the order, people apprehended near the border will have to “manifest” their fear of prosecution if deported, and will not be explicitly asked by immigration officials, as has been the case for decades. This practice, known unofficially as a “shout test”, could turn back those who could still be eligible for protections. 

 

Student editors at the Columbia Law Review say they were pressured by the journal’s board of directors to halt publication of an academic article written by a Palestinian human rights lawyer that accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza and upholding an apartheid regime.

When the editors refused the request and published the piece on Monday morning, the board – composed of faculty and alumni from Columbia University’s law school – shut down the law review’s website entirely. It remained offline on Tuesday evening, a static homepage informing visitors the domain “is under maintenance”.

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