In November, Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo made an announcementurging Florida cities to stop treating their water with fluoride. “It is public health malpractice, with the information we have now, to continue adding fluoride to water systems in Florida,” Ladapo said. Just days after the announcement, the city of Stuart, Florida, decided to temporarily […]
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Florida City Votes to Remove Fluoride From Water
What’s New The city of Tavares has voted to remove fluoride from water, after Donald Trump‘s pick for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke out against keeping the chemical in public water. Newsweek has contacted Florida’s Department of Health, via email, for comment. Why It Matters Multiple places in the U.S. are voting on […]
As fluoridation becomes topic in D.C., town in Florida votes to remove it
At a time when the nominee to lead Health and Human Services has called for an end to public water fluoridation, a small town in Florida has voted to remove the chemical from its water system. City leaders in Tavares, Fla., on Wednesday approved removing fluoride from the city’s water supply. The Tavares City Council […]
Fluoride removed from water in Port St. Lucie following state surgeon general’s concerns
PORT ST. LUCIE — About three weeks after Stuart temporarily removed fluoride from its drinking water, Port St. Lucie officials hjas done the same. The announcement was made Wednesday and affects 95,000 water customers in the city. Fluoridation was stopped Dec. 13, and it takes about two days to refresh the system, according to the […]
Leesburg votes to move forward with fluoride facility after questions
LEESBURG, Fla. – The city of Leesburg will move forward with plans to add fluoride to the city’s water supply despite concerns from Florida’s top doctor. In June, the city of Leesburg approved a fluoridation plan. Leesburg’s government has already spent $300,000 to buy the equipment to add fluoride to drinking water. Another $300,000 will […]
Leesburg to again vote on adding fluoride to water supply Monday
LEESBURG, Fla. — In a possible political about-face, Leesburg commissioners could vote to halt a $600,000 project to add fluoride to the city’s water supply they approved earlier this year. The final, unanimous vote in June came at the urging of dentists from across the city and region, who spoke of the benefits fluoride provides […]
Want advice on fluoride? Ask a dentist | Editorial
Here’s one way to treat Joseph Ladapo’s advice on fluoride: Ignore it. Florida’s surgeon general bucked health experts again last month by advising communities against adding fluoride to their drinking water. Ladapo, the state’s top health official, cited studies in Canada and Mexico that found a correlation between high levels of the chemical and lower […]
City Commission to Receive Briefing on Use of Fluoride in Water System
On Wednesday, December 11, 2024, the Tallahassee City Commission will receive a briefing from Environmental Services Director Alissa Meyers on the fluoridation of the public water system. Since 1987, Tallahassee has been adding fluoride to its water system per the Leon County public health agency. Shortly before that, the EPA determined the appropriate fluoride levels, […]
No immediate plans here to stop adding fluoride to city or county drinking water
Neither Vero Beach nor Indian River County has plans right now to stop adding fluoride to the local drinking water, but the topic is likely to be up for discussion soon following new guidance from Florida’s Surgeon General and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vow to ban fluoride. Kennedy, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be the […]
Tallahassee City Commission to discuss fluoride at next meeting, but no option for removal
The conversation about fluoride has finally made its way to the Tallahassee City Commission – but there won’t be a lot to talk about. As part of the Dec. 11 meeting agenda, staff included a status report on the city’s use of fluoride in drinking water, including research surrounding the benefits of continued use and […]