SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) – The Manatee County Commission Tuesday struck down an ordinance requiring the county to add fluoride to its drinking water.
Not that the county has done it lately — the fluoridation system hasn’t worked since 2021.
“There is an ordinance in place that requires us to have fluoride, but we are not fluoridating at this point,” said Commissioner Amanda Ballard…