Manatee County dentist Dr. Robert Clement also spoke to commissioners and stressed the importance of fluoride and keeping it in the water supply. “Fluoride decreases decay in children up to 65% ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill making Florida the second state to remove fluoride from the drinking water in May.

An effort to remove it in Hillsborough County recently failed. In Manatee County, commissioners have drafted a motion to remove fluoride from the drinking water, but a vote is still pending.

Fluoride — it’s in your toothpaste, your drinking water and now the occasional legislative bill. Two U.S. states have already decided to stop adding it to their water supplies — a trend ...

The disappearance of fluoride supplements would mean more cavities and other tooth decay, some of which can cause intense pain and send kids to the hospital, said Dr. Maurice Edwards, a Lynbrook ...

The Yorktown fluoride removal vote was also a call-to-arms for Feldman, who’s been supervisor of nearby Ossining for three years and vowed to quell any anti-fluoride incursions in her community.

The Florida Manatee Sanctuary Act of 1978 prevents people from annoying, harassing, or disturbing any manatee. This means if you even touch a manatee, you could face fines and even some jail time.

The Yorktown fluoride removal vote was also a call-to-arms for Feldman, who’s been supervisor of nearby Ossining for three years and vowed to quell any anti-fluoride incursions in her community.

The Yorktown fluoride removal vote was also a call-to-arms for Feldman, who’s been supervisor of nearby Ossining for three years and vowed to quell any anti-fluoride incursions in her community.

Fluoride in water supplies has increasingly become a talking point, with Utah and Florida becoming the first two U.S. states to place a statewide ban on the mineral in public drinking water in May.