Pinellas County to hault fluoride in water after heated debate
Pinellas county Florida has voted to stop adding fluoride to its drinking water after a polarizing debate that included warnings of reduced intelligence, cancer, Soviet-style tactics and forced medicating by government. The Pinellas County Commission voted 4-3 to halt fluoridation to about 700,000 residents of the county, the St. Petersburg Times reports. The city of St. Petersburg will not be affected, WTSP reports. The vote came despite pleas from dentists and health officials who said ...[READ MORE]