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Fluoride Is an Industrial Byproduct of Phosphate Fertilizer Manufacturing. A Federal Court Just Ordered the EPA to Regulate It Accordingly.

Fluoride in US drinking water is a phosphate fertilizer byproduct, classified as hazardous waste before water utilities began purchasing it. In 2024, a federal court ordered the EPA to regulate fluoride after a National Toxicology Program review of 72 studies found it associated with lower IQ in children. Reverse osmosis is the only consumer filter that removes it.