City-by-city: Does your municipality use fluoride to treat its drinking water?
Those cities and unincorporated areas that use and don't use fluoride to treat drinking water is fairly evenly split in County.
Does Palm Beach County treat its drinking water with fluoride and will that change?
There is little appetite in Palm Beach County to stop treating water with fluoride, even if Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo wants it to end.
Fort Pierce Utilities Authority latest utility to stop adding fluoride to drinking water
The FPUA joined a growing list of utilities on the Treasure Coast that have stopped adding fluoride to their drinking water.
Fluoride expected to return to Calgary drinking water by March 2025
Fluoride should be back in Calgary’s drinking water by late March, according to the city. “Commissioning of newly installed equipment at Calgary’s two water treatment plants is underway and tracking to be completed toward the end of Q1 2025,
Fort Pierce Utilities joins PSL in fluoride pause after FL surgeon general's concerns
Fort Pierce is saying farewell to fluoride in its drinking water on Friday in response to health concerns raised by Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo.
Fort Pierce removes fluoride from drinking water
After a long-standing ordinance was repealed in St. Lucie County this week, Fort Pierce's utility department announced Friday that they have "immediately discontinued" adding fluoride to its drinking water.
Arkansas dentists oppose bills that would remove guarantee of fluoride in drinking water
The Arkansas State Dental Association is watching — and opposing — a pair of bills filed in the Arkansas legislature that would undo guaranteed fluoride in drinking water. The big picture: Fluoride in water became a hot topic recently after a federal judge in September ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to further regulate it over concerns that high levels could hurt the intellectual development of children.
Fluoride in drinking water? From Vero Beach to Fort Pierce to Hobe Sound, here’s what’s on tap
Some cities in Indian River County, St. Lucie County, Martin County stopped adding fluoride to drinking water due to Florida Surgeon General’s concerns
Is fluoride in tap water safe? Florida officials raise concerns. Here's what the science says
Fluoride is added to water systems of more than two-thirds of Americans. Some Florida cities banned it for health concerns.
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Oral health expert says fluoride levels in U.S. drinking water provide more benefits than risks
Removing fluoride from local water systems would be detrimental to oral health, an ECU professor of dental medicine said in ...
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This city 'immediately discontinued' adding fluoride to its water
After a long-standing ordinance was repealed in St. Lucie County this week, Fort Pierce's utility department says they have ...
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More Florida communities are pulling back from fluoride. Here’s why
Some recent studies found fluoride exposure is associated with cognitive impacts in children, but the research isn’t ...
Tennessee lawmakers advance bill prohibiting addition of fluoride to public water systems
A new bill was passed in Tennessee after its first consideration last week that prohibits fluoride from being added to public ...
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This county repealed a 1989 ordinance requiring fluoride in water
While the pause technically goes against the 1989 ordinance, St. Lucie County tells WFLX the county attorney wasn’t going to ...
What Does the Evidence Say About Fluoride Lowering IQ?
Fluoride is once again in the news, and not for a great reason. In a new review of the data published this month, scientists ...
In Florida, a rebellion against fluoride is winning
As the incoming Trump administration pushes back against water fluoridation, several Florida communities are already ...