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Niceville will stop adding fluoride to its drinking water system starting January 15th after the council voted to end its introduction to the City’swater system. According to City Manager David Deitch, Niceville was the last city in Okaloosa County that continued to put the element into the drinking water. “My recommendation to you [is] that […]

Another group of public commenters urged the GRU Authority to stop adding fluoride to Gainesville’s drinking water, which it has done since the 1940s. The request follows a nationwide trend to reconsider adding fluoride to drinking water—largely prompted by comments by Robert Kennedy Jr., who President-elect Donald Trump has picked as the next secretary of […]

After three hours of impassioned pleas and dueling science among dozens of dentists, the Melbourne City Council voted Tuesday to stop adding fluoride to the city’s drinking water. By a 6-to-1 vote, the City Council decided to discontinue the practice, immediately, after more than 40 speakers at the marathon meeting that lasted into the wee […]

Melbourne Mayor Paul Alfrey plans to propose at Tuesday’s City Council meeting that the city stop adding fluoride to its drinking water. His proposal follows a unanimous vote last week by the Palm Bay City Council to abandon efforts to repair that city’s water fluoridation equipment, which has been off-line since 2016 at one of […]

Lakeland officials are being urged to follow medical data as pressure mounts for them to reconsider fluoridation of the city’s public drinking water. Lakeland is the largest municipality in Polk County that continues to add supplemental fluoride to water in an effort to reduce dental decay since 1981. It is one of five cities in […]

The Palm Bay City Council has voted to remove fluoride from the city’s tap water, sparking heated debates over public health and government intervention. This controversial decision, approved by a narrow 3-2 margin during a contentious council meeting, has left many residents questioning its implications for dental health and government priorities. The Controversial Vote and […]

Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority customers can weigh in on whether they support the continued use of fluoride in water coming through their faucets. In November, Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo issued a recommendation against water fluoridation due to the neuropsychiatric risk associated with fluoride exposure. Some municipalities in the state have elected to […]

PALM BAY, Fla. —More and more cities in Florida have opted to take fluoride out of tap water. At a meeting on Thursday, Palm Bay will be the next city to debate adding fluoride to its tap water. The topic is controversial, with some for and against it. “I don’t think it is a good […]

MELBOURNE, FL – A Melbourne resident spoke in favor of removing fluoride from Melbourne’s drinking water, stating that fluoride is an “unnecessary medical intervention done without consent” at the Dec. 10 city council meeting. Florida State Surgeon General Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo’s November 22 guidance statement“recommending against community water fluoridation due to neuropsychiatric risk associated with […]

Throughout Florida, cities have temporarily removed fluoride from their drinking water because of Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo’s concerns about the health risks. Here’s where Treasure Coast utilities stand on the issue: Housing:Hope for Families Center in Vero Beach expanding homeless shelter Discharges:Another 5.43 billion gallons of Lake O water headed for St. Lucie River this […]