Dr. Joseph Lapado, Florida’s surgeon general, urges Miami-Dade commissioners to end adding fluoride in tap water during a March 11, 2025, hearing in downtown Miami.

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.

Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava expressed her disappointment on Tuesday after a bill to ban fluoride from the state's drinking water was passed by the Florida House.

As Miami-Dade’s mayor fights to keep fluoride in local drinking water, Florida lawmakers vote for a statewide ban.

North Miami Beach supplies several cities with water. Oddly enough, their treatment plant is located in Miami Gardens, and people living there say they shouldn’t be paying increased rates.

Nonetheless, Miami Gardens has real alternatives to choose from: transition fully to Miami-Dade Water and Sewer, which already serves two-thirds of their city; build and operate their own water ...