POLK COUNTY, Fla. — The city of Lakeland unanimously voted on Monday to stop adding fluoride to its drinking water. Since November, Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo has been urging ...

Dr. Joseph Ladapo, Florida’s surgeon general, gives his opening remarks while leading a panel discussion on the safety of fluoride in Miami-Dade’s water supply during a Miami-Dade County ...

Utah ban follows appointment of US health secretary who opposes fluoride American Dental Association had urged veto About 63% of Americans have fluoride in their water systems March 11 (Reuters ...

(AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum, File) SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah will become the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water, despite widespread opposition from dentists and national health ...

FILE - A student drinks from a water fountain at an elementary school in California, Sept. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) ...

BARTOW, Fla.—The lights were flickering on above the Little League fields outside the Bartow Civic Center when Dr. Johnny Johnson pulled up in his Ford F-250 and emerged wearing jeans and boots ...

Fluoride, commonly added to drinking water, may negatively affect children’s brain development. A study found that higher fluoride levels in pregnant mothers were linked to lower cognitive abilities ...

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Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said he would sign a bill that bans the use of fluoride in public water systems, rejecting the practice that many public-health experts say is a crucial protector against ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah will become the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water, despite widespread opposition from dentists and national health organizations. Republican Gov. Spencer ...

(AP) — When Tristen Boyer recently had a couple of cavities filled, her dentist suggested she get fluoride treatment afterward. She has Crohn’s disease, which puts her at increased risk for ...

In case you’re keeping score, there’s a move in Florida to remove cavity-fighting fluoride in the drinking water while adding radioactive industrial waste products to roads. I know.