A Manatee County official ... harm the oral and overall health of all Floridians.” Other health organizations that support the fluoridation of water include the Florida Dental Association ...

Manatee County commissioners will discuss rising concerns about potential health risks associated with fluoride in drinking water on Tuesday, and could soon heed guidance from Florida Surgeon ...

Commissioner Amanda Ballard wants the county to consider removing fluoride from drinking water. Annemiek1962 Getty Images/iStockphoto Manatee ... health organizations, the concerns have a wave of ...

Red tide is still bloom along the Florida Gulf coast, but Sarasota and Manatee County beaches are currently ... It can also cause health problems in humans, typically respiratory irritation.

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — A boater was rescued after ... recent frigid temperatures sweeping the southern U.S., including Florida. Firefighters reportedly navigated "shallow and unpredictable ...

Florida Fish and Wildlife data shows that the mortality numbers in 2024 improved, but more manatee calves died, with more than half of those recorded in Brevard County’s Indian River Lagoon." ...

Manatee County ... Communities in Florida and elsewhere in the country have been confronting that question. Fluoridation skeptics have raised what has been a recurring public health topic over ...

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“I have learned very valuable lessons,” wrote Bailey, who according to court records had a history of mental health issues ... he was found guilty in Manatee County of battery on a medical ...

If commissioners vote to follow the guidance of Florida's surgeon general, Manatee would join more than a dozen other local governments to end the practice, including Niceville in the Panhandle.

That follows several weeks where medium and high concentrations were found on the county's beaches. In Manatee County, only very low amounts were found at Anna Maria Island and Longboat Pass Boat Ramp ...

But some Manatee County commissioners argued that a moratorium might not be the right answer. “The reality is we all have infrastructure problems,” Siddique said. “Every county in Florida is ...