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Florida lawmakers followed Utah’s example and passed a bill Tuesday banning the addition of fluoride to public drinking water. The bill is awaiting Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ signature after passing the Florida House 88-27. Utah became the first state to outright ban fluoridation of public water during its 2025 legislative session. Hawaii has never added […]

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — The state House on Tuesday signed off on a wide-ranging agriculture bill despite opposition from Democrats, who warned language that would ban fluoride in public drinking water and restrict labeling for plant-based products served political purposes more than the public good. The bill, FL SB700 (25R), was approved 88-27, sending the measure […]

Florida is on the verge of banning local governments from adding fluoride to tap water, ending decades of a practice that’s hailed by dentists and medical groups but under fire from top health officials in Tallahassee and Washington, D.C. The Florida House on Tuesday passed a farm bill that includes a ban on fluoridation of […]

Lawmakers in Florida gave final passage to a bill banning fluoride in public water systems on Tuesday, with the state House voting 88 yay and 27 nay. SB 700, also known as the Florida Farm Bill, doesn’t mention the word “fluoride,” but would effectively ban the chemical compound by preventing “the use of certain additives […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida is poised to become the second state to ban fluoride in public drinking water, over the concerns of dentists and public health advocates who say the mineral is a safe, effective way to protect people of all ages from developing cavities. Florida lawmakers gave final approval to the bill Tuesday […]

In a reckless move driven by far-right conspiracy theories and anti-science fearmongering, the Seminole County Board of County Commissioners voted 4-1 on April 9, 2025, to rip fluoride out of the county’s water. Yes, you read that right. Rather than focus their energy on addressing far more urgent public health problems making so many of […]

The Crystal River City Council on Monday will discuss the discontinuation of fluoridation in its public water system. The meeting begins at 5:30 p.m. in the Damron Conference Room at the Citrus County Welcome Center, 915 N. Suncoast Blvd., Crystal River. The council will provide consensus to staff on the direction they would like to […]

It’s not scientific, or anything. But the results of a paper ballot survey of the Kendall and West Kendall residents who went to a town hall meeting Tuesday hosted by the Kendall Federation of Homeowners Associations was interesting nonetheless. Not everybody answered every question, but the questions did get between 127 and 138 answers, that […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson is “hopeful” for the passage of a comprehensive “farm bill” that would ban fluoride in public drinking water, prohibit ESG banking practices for farmers, and expand youth agriculture education programs across the state. On Florida’s Voice Radio with Drew Steele, Simpson said he is “hopeful” that the […]

In the third of four meetings across Osceola County, St. Cloud area customers of Toho Water Authority at a Sunday meeting were overwhelmingly in favor of the utility stopping the decades-long practice of adding fluoride to tap water. “We want our customers and community to determine whether we stop or continue the current practice of […]