Before summer ends, nearly all added fluoride will disappear from Tampa Bay's drinking water, leaving only what occurs ...

TAMPA — A decades-old debate over whether fluoride should be added to Tampa Bay’s drinking water might be renewed. On Sept. 26, Hillsborough County Commissioner Joshua Wostal posted on the ...

Dentists say a new statewide ban on adding fluoride to drinking water will impact kids who already lack access to a dentist.

Opponents argue that fluoride is more accessible than ever ... In recent weeks, officials in the City of Clearwater and Hillsborough County voted to keep fluoridating water, while officials ...

be in a much worse position without fluoride in their water." Lopez reached out to one of the bill sponsors, Representative Danny Alvarez from Hillsborough County. He said all cities and governing ...

The County Commission then overrode her veto, affecting about 2.4 million people. Other local governments have opted to keep adding fluoride, including the Hillsborough Commission and the ...

Danny Alvarez, a Hillsborough County Republican who was one of the bill’s sponsors, told CNN. Liudmila Chernetska/Getty Is Fluoride in Drinking Water Safe? Here’s What to Know, According to ...

Danny Alvarez, a Hillsborough County Republican and a sponsor of the House bill, told CNN. Fluoride can stop early tooth decay by putting minerals back into enamel. It also makes teeth more ...

on April 29 that would ban local governments from adding fluoride to public water systems. The Senate bill was passed April 16. Hillsborough County Republican Rep. Danny Alvarez, who co-sponsored ...

“Removing fluoride from the community water supply will put our communities at significantly higher risk,” Hillsborough County dentist Dr. Aura Cisneros said. Community water fluoridation is ...

Lakeland and Winter Haven chose to remove fluoride, while more recently Clearwater and Hillsborough County voted to keep drinking water the way it is now. Meanwhile, the statewide fluoride bill to ...

Danny Alvarez, a Hillsborough County Republican who helped sponsor ... “This is not about fluoride,” Alvarez said. “This is about your liberty.” But bill opponents said adding fluoride ...