The state's surgeon general has already convinced at least 11 municipalities to stop adding the naturally occurring mineral into the water, using his high profile as Florida’s top health officer and a ...

Manatee County commissioners will discuss guidance from Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo that advises against the use of ...

Columnist Steve Bousquet, analyzing the toxicity in Tallahassee over immigration, says the Legislature itself created the ...

FOX 13's Ariel Plasencia reports on leaders in Manatee and Pinellas County's ongoing plans to meet with community members to ...

Manatee County commissioners voted have an ordinance drafted to end a requirement that its water supply be treated with fluoride.

Fort Pierce is saying farewell to fluoride in its drinking water on Friday in response to health concerns raised by Florida ...

Commissioners voted to bring an ordinance on removing fluoride from the water supply at a later date. The county must also consider repairing the current fluoridation system.

The family of a man who died because a Florida surgeon removed his liver instead of his spleen is suing, saying hospital ...

The debate over fluoride in drinking water continues across Florida as public health officials, local leaders and activists ...

Manatee County is preparing to join several other Florida communities that have decided to stop adding fluoride to their drinking water supply since Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo issue ...

and could soon heed guidance from Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo that calls for an end to the longstanding practice of adding fluoride to drinking water. Commissioner Amanda Ballard is ...

If commissioners vote to follow the guidance of Florida's surgeon general, Manatee would join more than a dozen other local ...