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County Commissioners voted 8-2 this week to remove cavity-preventing fluoride from Miami-Dade’s tap water, ordering an end within 30 days to a program that has existed locally since the 1950s.
Supporters of the change proposed by Rob Gonzalez, including Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, cited studies linking fluoride consumption to bone damage and lower IQ levels in early childhood development.
Opponents argued fluoride’s concentration in the water is too low to hurt people and stressed its health benefits, particularly for poorer residents.
Eileen Higgins and Raquel Regalado voted against the change, which Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said she may veto.
– Jesse Scheckner, Florida Politics