Florida leaders think fluoride is more dangerous than radioactive roadways
In case you’re keeping score, there’s a move in Florida to remove cavity-fighting fluoride in the drinking water while adding radioactive industrial waste products to roads.
I know. I know. We’ve got it backwards again. We should keep adding fluoride in the water while removing radioactive waste from road-building material.
But … Florida. I guess you could say we’re speaking up for cavities and cancer, and providing a fresh new counter-consensus voice in public health.
The Florida Department of Health, under the guidance of the fringy, anti-vax Florida Surgeon Gen. Joseph Ladapo, has taken a stand against the practice of fluoridating drinking water, something most water systems do to encourage dental health — especially among children.
https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/opinion/columns/2025/03/09/florida-fluoride-drinking-water-radioactive-waste-roads-desantis/81332044007/