Friday, 10 January 2025

Could State’s Most Populated County Soon Remove Fluoride From Drinking Water?

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Could Miami-Dade County, the most populated county in the Sunshine State, soon remove fluoride from its drinking water?

A Miami-Dade commissioner cheered recommendations by Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo to remove fluoride.

“You’re absolutely right @FLSurgeonGen. The science has been ignored on this for a long time, we need to act quickly and help save our residents from unnecessary toxins,” Commissioner Roberto Gonzalez said.

Gonzalez is a Republican who represents the West Kendall area.

Miami Herald reports:

While new to Miami-Dade, the fluoride debate has been gaining steam in recent years. Two recent developments helped energize the push against fluoride in drinking water.

One was a federal study released in August by the National Toxicology Program, part of the Department of Health and Human Services, that linked lower IQs in children with high levels of fluoride exposure — at rates about double the fluoride that’s found in Miami-Dade and other municipal water systems.

The other development was a September ruling by federal Judge Edward Chen, appointed during Barack Obama’s presidency, ordering the Environmental Protection Agency to take action over what the judge concluded were reasonable concerns about harm caused by fluoride in drinking supplies. That conclusion was based in part on the National Toxicology Program’s study.

“In all, there is substantial and scientifically credible evidence establishing that fluoride poses a risk to human health,” Chen wrote in a Sept. 24 ruling for an advocacy group demanding EPA action on fluoride. “It is associated with a reduction in the IQ of children and is hazardous at dosages that are far too close to fluoride levels in the drinking water of the United States.”

Ladapo advised all cities and counties statewide to stop adding fluoride to drinking water.

Dr. Ladapo spoke at a news conference in Winter Haven, which announced it would not add fluoride to its drinking water by the end of the year.

“It is public health malpractice with the information that we have now to continue adding fluoride to water,” Dr. Ladapo said.

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FOX 13 Tampa Bay reports:

The debate over whether fluoride poses a health hazard when ingested goes beyond the brain, with critics arguing it could also cause dental and bone diseases. Supporters of fluoridation, though, consider it one of the greatest public health achievements of the last century.

Dr. Ladapo’s stance on the issue is in line with that of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Kennedy has said he would recommend removing fluoride from drinking water nationwide.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is now studying the issue more, as well, although it could take up to three years to find out the results.


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