City of Fort Myers to keep fluoride in drinking water

Author: Sheldon Zoldan, Gulfshore Business
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Person at a tap, filling a glass of water.

City of Fort Myers won’t be joining other local governments in removing fluoride from its drinking water.

City Council member Fred Burson said he wanted to bring up the issue Feb. 18 because city of Naples and Collier and Lee counties removed fluoride in the past year.

Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo recommended against community water fluoridation due to the neuropsychiatric risk associated with fluoride exposure.

The city began adding fluoride to the water in 1980.

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