The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced the next step in the agency’s accelerated review of public health risks from fluoride in drinking water: the “Review of Science on Fluoride in Drinking Water: Preliminary Assessment Plan and Literature Survey.”
This fast-track effort marks a step in EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin’s April 2025 directive to expedite EPA’s next fluoride health assessment under the Safe Drinking Water Act schedule, while adhering to what the agency calls "gold-standard scientific methods and radical transparency." This action utilizes data sharing, peer review and interagency collaboration as the agency supports a whole-of-government approach to address public concerns with fluoride,
