Miami-Dade commission votes to remove fluoride from drinking water. Will mayor veto?

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Miami-Dade must halt decades of adding fluoride to its drinking water under legislation that county commissioners approved Tuesday to end the anti-cavity program. But Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said she supports keeping fluoride in tap water and may veto the legislation, setting up a potential showdown over a national conservative movement linking fluoride to health concerns.

The legislation to end the county’s fluoridation program passed on an 8-2 vote, with a bipartisan coalition of commissioners backing the end of a practice that began in the 1950s.

Advocates say adding tiny amounts of fluoride to drinking water reduces cavities and oral infections in low-income households where regular use of fluoride toothpaste may be uncommon.

The health secretaries for Gov. Ron DeSantis and President Donald Trump both oppose adding fluoride to drinking water, with Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo in the front row of the commission chambers Tuesday during the vote.

https://amp.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article303176531.html

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