Miami-Dade in Florida is the latest county to vote to remove fluoride from the water supply.
The commission made this determination in an 8-2 vote last week, and the removal will happen in 30 days barring any unforeseen action such as a veto from Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava.
Commissioner Roberto Gonzalez sponsored the measure and predicted it will make residents “very happy.”
“If you don’t want to consume this, you don’t have to,” he said.
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“Our residents are going to be able to make the choice themselves whether they want to ingest something that’s usually prescribed by a doctor, or whether they can just have clean water,” Gonzalez added.
They follow a few other areas in Florida that have taken similar action. Prior to
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