On Tuesday, commissioners voted 5-1 to not add fluoride to the county's drinking water. They also said they will not repair ...

BRADENTON, Fla. – Manatee County commissioners voted Tuesday morning to stop adding fluoride to county drinking water. The vote was 5-1 to stop adding the mineral. In discussing the move ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — In a decisive 5-1 vote, Manatee County commissioners have opted not to reintroduce fluoride into the county's public water supply, closing the chapter on a debate that has ...

Getty Images Manatee County leaders are bringing the county’s decades-long practice of adding fluoride to drinking water to an end. Amid a renewed national controversy over fluoride’s safety ...

Manatee County commissioners voted 5-1 to end the county's fluoridation program. The decision comes as the Florida legislature is expected to ban fluoride in drinking water statewide. Manatee ...

Manatee County leaders are set to debate whether the county should end its decades-long practice of adding fluoride to drinking water this week. An ordinance that is up for a vote at a board ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – Manatee County commissioners voted on whether to stop adding fluoride to the drinking water supply Tuesday. The process is a longstanding practice throughout the ...

Florida could become the second state in the country to ban the addition of fluoride to public water supplies, following Utah earlier this year.

Commissioners will vote on it Tuesday. It would end the requirement of adding fluoride to Manatee County’s water supply. Dr. Lauri Wright is the director of nutrition programs at the University ...