Miami-Dade commission defies mayor, votes again to end adding fluoride to water

Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava reacts during a meeting where county commissioners voted to override her veto of legislation ending the addition of fluoride in county drinking water. Photo taken at the County Commission chambers on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. Pedro Portal [email protected]

By Douglas Hanks

With Florida poised to order a halt to adding fluoride to water supplies statewide, the Miami-Dade County Commission on Tuesday once again voted to end the dental-health practice in the Miami area, too.

County commissioners voted 8-4 to override Mayor Daniella Levine Cava’s veto of Miami-Dade legislation passed last month ordering a halt to the county’s fluoridation program for drinking water. Levine Cava needed five commissioners to vote with her to sustain the veto and fell one short. Voting against the override were commissioners Marleine Bastien, Eileen Higgins, Raquel Regalado and Micky Steinberg.

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