Recalling his fight against COVID masks and vaccine mandates, Gov. Ron DeSantis came to Miami on Monday to announce that he plans to sign legislation banning the addition of fluoride to tap water statewide.
“It’s forced medication when they’re jamming fluoride into your water supply,” DeSantis said at a press conference hours after Miami-Dade commissioners voted to end the county’s fluoridation program. “Why should this be forced on people?”
DeSantis said he’ll sign Florida Senate Bill 700 — agricultural legislation that includes the fluoridation ban — once he formally receives it from the legislature. The legislation will take effect July 1 and force local governments to halt adding fluoride in drinking water — ending an oral-health program that’s in place for about 70% of Florida’s residents, according to a state estimate.
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