Lake Maria, Florida. – Parking on guidance by Florida General Surgeon and Public Feedback, the Lake City Lake Committee voted on Thursday night to remove fluoride from the supply of the city’s water.
Lake Mary is now involved in a growing list of local municipalities that have moved to do the same, including neighboring Longwood.
What do you need to know
- Lake Mary Commissioners unanimously voted to stop fluoride treatment in their water
- The decision makes Lake Mary Third Central City of Florida to do it in a week
- Mayor David Mealor pointed to recommendations from Florida General Surgeon and the community as key elements for their decision
- The city says this change will save the city $ 100,000 in potential repairs and interruption of fluoride treatments will save the city about $ 20,000 a year
- Following a list of public water supply systems that actively fluctuate Florida
It was a move that Mayor David Mealor said it was a long time coming.
“We started to really question fluoride,” he said. “It was a questionable issue for some time, and this is exactly the case that the infrastructure was to the point that if we continued fluoride treatment then the systems would have to be replaced.”
Stoping fluoride treatment, Mealor said the city would save about $ 100,000 on possible repairs.
He also points out the recommendations of the general surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo as an incentive.
“When the general surgeon comes out and gives us a guidance as well as at the county level, it makes our decision easier,” Mealor said.
The American Dental Union, however, has rejected Ladapo’s recommendation, To do it “misinformed and dangerous”.
“ADA believes in the use of proven science based on evidence when making public policy decisions,” said Ada Brett Kessler, DDs “for Dr. Ladapo to invite Community fluorization of” medical negligence “and call all municipalities to end the municipalities. Forms. “
However, the speakers felt different at the meeting on Thursday night and expressed support for the removal of fluoride from the water. One speaker, Nicole King, said she was safer to get fluoride from other sources – such as toothpaste.
Lake Mary engineer said there are 0.1 to 0.2 parts of fluoride per million (PPM) that occurs naturally in their water and with fluoride treatment that the number is increased to about 0.7 ppm.
Under the guidance of Ladapo and the feedback to the community, city officials said it was easy for them to reach their conclusion.
While he does not live on Lake Mary, the king said he often visits the city and was happy to see the city committee make a unanimous decision to make fluoride out of the water.
Lake Mary officials say it will take about 30-60 days to rinse fluoride from Lake Mary Water Systems and the interruption of fluoride treatment will save the city about $ 20,000 a year.
