19 hours ago · On Wednesday, Hillsborough County will be the latest local government in Florida to discuss whether to remove fluoride from drinking water. Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo recommended removal of fluoride in November 2024. Several cities and counties across the state have already voted to ...

5 hours ago · Hillsborough County will keep fluoridating its water supply. A motion to end the practice died by a 3-3 tie vote by the county commissioner on Wednesday. Commissioners Harry Cohen, Ken Hagan and Chris Boles voted no. Commissioner Gwen Myers was absent. ... Fluoride has been added to water supplies nationwide for decades at the recommended level ...

10 hours ago · HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A decades-old debate over fluoride in drinking water has resurfaced in Hillsborough County. Commissioners voted on whether to remove fluoride from the public ...

13 hours ago · The recent string of Florida cities and counties removing fluoride from their drinking water got interrupted Wednesday when a proposal to do the same in Hillsborough County died. County commissioners deadlocked in a 3-3 tie (the seventh member of the board, Democrat Gwen Myers, was not present for the vote). Cities such as Melbourne, Port St. Lucie, Stuart, […]

11 hours ago · Hillsborough Commissioners defeated a move to remove fluoride from the county's taps. Moves to remove fluoride from public water supplies will also soon be on tap in Clearwater and Manatee County. The motion to remove fluoride from public drinking water came from Commissioner Joshua Wostal. He cited ...

1 day ago · That was the case for Hillsborough County Commissioner Joshua Wostal, who said in September he would motion to remove fluoride from the county’s water.

13 hours ago · The recent string of Florida cities and counties removing fluoride from their drinking water got interrupted Wednesday when a proposal to do the same in Hillsborough County died.

18 hours ago · TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Commissioners in Hillsborough County are set to discuss ending the practice of adding fluoride to tap water, on Wednesday. For decades, the ion has been added to drinking ...

1 day ago · Fluoride is a naturally occurring mineral that dissolves in water, just like iron or calcium — but the question is, is any amount in our water actually safe? Hillsborough County is now talking ...

Oct 1, 2024 · On Sept. 26, Hillsborough County Commissioner Joshua Wostal posted on the social media site X that he intends to bring a motion to end the practice of Hillsborough County adding fluoride to...