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.

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

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.

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.

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 ...

On Tuesday in Miami, Gov. Ron DeSantis said he'll sign the "Florida Farm Bill" (SB 700), which preempts local municipalities from adding fluoride to their water.