USA - Thursday, May 13, Brevard County stopped providing water fluoridation for the water supply in Mims.

 Brevard cuts off flow of fluoride to water supply in Mims

BY WILL ROBINSON-SMITH BREVARD COUNTY

PUBLISHED 8:51 PM ET MAY. 13, 2021

MIMS, Fla. — Brevard County Utilities stopped adding fluoride to the water supply in Mims indefinitely on Thursday, about 10 days after the Brevard County Commission voted to do so.

What You Need To Know

Brevard no longer adding fluoride to water supply in Mims

Commissioners voted to end the practice at May 4 meeting 

The issue wasn't put on meeting's agenda and was raised at end of meeting

Dentists oppose the decision, saying it will hurt public health long term

The process, called community water fluoridation, is recommended by health-care groups such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Dental Association as highly effective in improving oral health. The action came after Brevard County Commission Chairperson Rita Pritchett, the district one commissioner who oversees Mims and northern Brevard County, questioned the practice during the discussion portion of the commission meeting, saying that fluoride was “terrible for us.”