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Temple Terrace council discusses fluoride in drinking water and opts to await state action
Summary
Council members debated whether the city should act to stop adding fluoride to the municipal water supply. Several neighboring jurisdictions recently moved to remove fluoride; council agreed to wait for state law changes and revisit the issue if those do not prevail.
Councilmember Fernandez requested time to reopen discussion about fluoride added to the city water supply after members of the public raised the issue at a prior meeting. At the April 1 meeting council members noted Plant City, Lakeland (reported) and Miami-Dade had recently moved to remove fluoride or were considering removal, and that state-level action was imminent.
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