{"id":18791,"date":"2025-04-11T16:17:34","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T16:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/miami-dade-mayor-vetoes-plan-to-remove-fluoride-from-drinking-water\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T16:17:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T16:17:34","slug":"miami-dade-mayor-vetoes-plan-to-remove-fluoride-from-drinking-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/miami-dade-mayor-vetoes-plan-to-remove-fluoride-from-drinking-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami-Dade Mayor Vetoes Plan to Remove Fluoride From Drinking Water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The mayor of Miami-Dade County on Friday said she would veto legislation that would remove fluoride from the drinking water in Florida\u2019s most populous county, pushing back on a growing campaign against the mineral used to prevent cavities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The veto by Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, a Democrat, comes at a moment when critics of adding fluoride to the water supply have a newly powerful ally: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump\u2019s health secretary, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/07\/health\/rfk-jr-maha-tour.html\" title=\"\">who this week called for states to ban fluoride in drinking<\/a> water. Utah recently became the first state <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/28\/well\/utah-fluoride-ban.html\" title=\"\">to outlaw<\/a> adding fluoride to public water, and several other states, including Florida, are considering similar action.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe science is very clear,\u201d Ms. Levine Cava said at a news conference on Friday. She added, \u201cending fluoridation could have real and lasting harm, especially for children and families who cannot afford regular dental care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners, a nonpartisan body, approved the measure to ban fluoride on April 1 in an 8 to 2 vote, with three commissioners absent. Nine votes are needed to override the mayor\u2019s veto if all 13 are present, and it is unclear whether there will be enough support. The next scheduled board meeting is on May 6.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Six of the 13 commissioners are Republican, including Kevin Marino Cabrera, an ally of Mr. Trump\u2019s who will soon depart to become the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/25\/us\/politics\/panama-ambassador-cabrera-trump.html\" title=\"\">country\u2019s ambassador to Panama<\/a>. Ms. Levine Cava is now the state\u2019s highest-ranking elected Democrat, with Republicans having swept every other countywide elected office in Miami-Dade \u2014 including sheriff and elections supervisor \u2014 last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Many experts have warned that removing fluoride from drinking water would be detrimental to oral health, and particularly cavity prevention. The <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/pcd\/2015\/04\/23\/community-water-fluoridation-one-of-the-10-greatest-public-health-achievements-of-the-20th-century\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a> has called fluoridation one of the \u201c10 greatest public health achievements of the 20th century.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But wariness about fluoride <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/15\/nyregion\/fluoride-water-nyc-rfk-jr.html\" title=\"\">has taken on new life<\/a> in recent years, especially after the coronavirus pandemic eroded trust in public health interventions. Opponents say they want to protect bodily autonomy and have raised concerns about the possible cognitive effects in children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">They point to a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamapediatrics\/fullarticle\/2828425\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">recent review paper<\/a>, where an analysis of 74 studies conducted by researchers with the National Institutes of Health found that there was a connection between lower I.Q. scores in children with high levels of childhood or prenatal fluoride exposure. (The levels studied were twice as high as those recommended by the C.D.C., and some <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/36214232\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">research<\/a> has found no link.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Levine Cava\u2019s veto puts her at odds with Mr. Kennedy and other fluoride skeptics in the Trump administration, as well as with Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/22\/us\/politics\/florida-fluoride-water-rfk-jr-ladapo.html\" title=\"\">his appointed surgeon general, Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo<\/a>, who has been traveling around the state to speak against fluoridated water.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cDo we want forced medication or do we want people to be able to choose medication?\u201d Mr. DeSantis said recently. \u201cWhen you are forcing it into the water supply, that\u2019s not really giving people a choice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ahead of the mayor\u2019s announcement, Dr. Ladapo, who has also <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.floridahealth.gov\/newsroom\/2024\/01\/20240103-halt-use-covid19-mrna-vaccines.pr.html\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">called for a halt<\/a> to using Covid vaccines, publicly urged Miami-Dade residents to ask the mayor to support the fluoride ban. \u201cI\u2019ll never understand how anyone feels entitled to add drugs to the water that other people drink,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Fluoride was first introduced to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nidcr.nih.gov\/health-info\/fluoride\/the-story-of-fluoridation\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a city\u2019s water supply in 1945<\/a> and began to become common practice across the country in the following decades. Studies show a direct correlation between fluoridation and an improvement in oral health.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe growing distrust of credible, time-tested, evidence-based science is disheartening,\u201d Dr. Brett Kessler, the president of the American Dental Association, said in a statement this week. \u201cWhen government officials, like Secretary Kennedy, stand behind the commentary of misinformation and distrust peer-reviewed research, it is injurious to public health.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/12\/well\/fluoride-water-health-pregnancy-children.html\" title=\"\">Fluoridating water has been debated for years<\/a>, in part because experts say that <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/ods.od.nih.gov\/factsheets\/Fluoride-HealthProfessional\/#en57\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">excessive exposure<\/a> to fluoride over a long period can cause health problems. Federally mandated levels have lowered over the years, including after a recent court order.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Monday, Lee Zeldin, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, announced a decision to \u201cexpeditiously review new scientific information on potential health risks of fluoride in drinking water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWithout prejudging any outcomes, when this evaluation is completed, we will have an updated foundational scientific evaluation,\u201d Mr. Zeldin <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/newsreleases\/epa-will-expeditiously-review-new-science-fluoride-drinking-water\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">said in a statemen<\/a>t. He credited Mr. Kennedy for having \u201clong been at the forefront of this issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">At a Miami-Dade commission meeting in April, most people who spoke during the public comment portion were against fluoridation. Days after the meeting, Ms. Levine Cava held <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/local\/community\/miami-dade\/article303655831.html\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a round-table discussion<\/a> with doctors, dentists and others in the community that focused on its benefits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Nearly 20 other cities and county governments in Florida have voted to remove fluoride from their water supplies since the November election. Among those, Miami-Dade County, with about 2.7 million people, is by far the largest. A bill <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/Session\/Bill\/2025\/651\/?Tab=BillText\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">under<\/a> debate in the Florida Legislature would bar local municipalities from adding fluoride to water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Miami-Dade\u2019s politics have shifted sharply to the right in recent years, reflecting Florida\u2019s <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/29\/us\/florida-trump-republicans-swing-state.html\" title=\"\">transformation<\/a> from a battleground state into one that votes reliably Republican. In November, Mr. Trump became the first Republican presidential candidate to win the county since 1988. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamidade.gov\/govaction\/legistarfiles\/Matters\/Y2025\/250609.pdf\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">measure in Miami-Dade County<\/a> would require the county to stop adding fluoride to the water supply within 30 days. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Patricia Mazzei<!-- --> contributed reporting<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     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