fluoride, Fort Pierce

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.
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.
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
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.
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 has 'immediately discontinued' adding fluoride to its drinking water
After a long-standing ordinance was repealed in St. Lucie County this week, Fort Pierce's utility department says they have "immediately discontinued" adding fluoride to its drinking water.
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After a long-standing ordinance was repealed in St. Lucie County this week, Fort Pierce's utility department announced Friday that they have "immediately discontinued" adding fluoride to its drinking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.
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.
With Melbourne, Palm Bay councils voting against fluoride, debate moves to Cocoa, Titusville
Emboldened by the state surgeon general and RFK Jr.'s nomination to Health and Human Services, anti-fluoride Floridians take ...
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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 ...
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City of Lakeland to hear from public before deciding on fluoride in water supply
The City of Lakeland is now the latest city in Polk County considering whether to discontinue adding fluoride to its water ...
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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 ...
State lawmaker files bill to ban fluoride in public water sources
The bill sponsor once pushed an effort to ban fluoride in drinking water decades ago and has renewed the effort this legislative session.
The St. Lucie News-Tribune on MSN3d
St. Lucie ends requirement for fluoride in drinking water amid national, statewide scrutiny
By axing a requirement to add fluoride, which has been on the books since 1989, St. Lucie County is leaving the decision up ...