Manatee County officials will consider putting a stop to the county’s decades-long practice of adding fluoride to drinking water. Since the early 90s, the county has added the mineral to tap ...

Manatee County commissioners vote 5-1 to keep fluoride out of public water, citing cost and potential state ban as key factors amid ongoing public health debates.

Manatee County leaders are set to debate whether the county should end its decades-long practice of adding fluoride to drinking water. Commissioner Amanda Ballard, who first brought the item up ...

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Manatee County commissioners voted have an ordinance drafted to end a requirement that its water supply be treated with fluoride.

According to the agenda, Manatee commissioners will not take a vote or make a final decision about fluoride in the county’s drinking water, on Tuesday.

It would end the requirement of adding fluoride to Manatee County’s water supply. Dr. Lauri Wright is the director of nutrition programs at the University of South Florida.

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

Manatee County officials will consider putting a stop to the county’s decades-long practice of adding fluoride to drinking water. Since the early 90s, the county has added the mineral to tap water ...

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