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 is preparing to join several other Florida communities that have decided to stop adding fluoride to their drinking water supply since Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo issue ...

A Manatee County official is calling for the removal of fluoride from the county’s drinking water following a renewed national debate about whether it poses health risks. In a controversial ...

There are a growing number of local governments across the state already considering the removal of fluoride from drinking ...

Healthy or hazardous? Manatee County moves to eliminate fluoride in drinking water supply "There are many challenges in the agriculture community, mostly affecting our small farmers," Simpson said.

Several city commissioners expressed concerns about research that suggests exposure to higher levels of fluoride can cause cognitive issues in children. The city joins several other municipalities to ...

Representatives from Manatee County, Gainesville, Boynton Beach, Delray Beach, DeLand, and Cocoa confirmed they stopped adding fluoride for one or more years. The majority said equipment issues ...

Cities across Florida are divided over whether fluoride should remain in public drinking water, as Bartow commissioners voted ...

The office of County Commissioner Roberto Gonzalez, who is also sponsoring the bill, said the measure will come back up at a ...