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Residents urge Temple Terrace to stop fluoridating drinking water
Summary
Multiple residents and local health professionals urged the City of Temple Terrace City Council on March 28 to remove hydrofluorosilicic acid from the municipal water supply, citing state guidance, court rulings and medical studies; the council did not vote and members recommended monitoring pending state action.
Several residents and local health professionals addressed the City of Temple Terrace City Council on March 28 asking the city to stop adding fluoride — specifically hydrofluorosilicic acid — to the municipal drinking water.
Speakers said they were motivated by recent guidance from Florida’s surgeon general and court rulings. "People should be able to choose if they want to have fluoride or not," said Paul Hodgkins, a Hillsborough County resident, urging the city to halt fluoridation. Nurse practitioner Pat Metcalfe told the council the chemical in the water system "is classified as a…
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