Does Palm Beach County treat its drinking water with fluoride and will that change?
There is little appetite in County to stop treating water with fluoride, even if Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo wants ...
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 Palm ...
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.
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After a long-standing ordinance was repealed in St. Lucie County this week, Fort Pierce's utility department announced Friday ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Here's why more Florida communities are pulling back from water fluoridation
Some recent studies found fluoride exposure is associated with cognitive impacts in children, but the research isn’t ...
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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After a long-standing ordinance was repealed in St. Lucie County this week, Fort Pierce's utility department says they have ...
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What Does the Evidence Say About Fluoride Lowering IQ?
Is fluoride in tap water dumbing us down? We asked the experts. © Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Fluoride is once again in the news ...
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In Florida, a rebellion against fluoride is winning
Florida’s escalating revolt against water fluoridation stretched past midnight in Melbourne City Hall recently as dozens urged their local leaders to abandon the long-standing practice to ...
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Fluoride in water doesn’t affect brain development, another study finds
In August 2024, a US federal report sparked heated discussions. Fluoride, added into water to prevent cavities, was linked to slightly lower IQ in children. Although the report only reported “moderate ...
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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 ...