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Florida became the second state in the country after Utah to ban local governments from adding fluoride to their public water systems.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the bill at Simpson Lakes in Dade City -- about 38 miles northeast of Tampa -- on Thursday. The law is set to go into effect on July 1.

"We certainly now, in our society in 2025, we have the ability to deliver fluoride through toothpaste and all these other things," DeSantis said at an event for the signing of the bill. "You don't gotta force it and take away people's choices. But the whole crux of the issue is you should be able to make decisions on the basis of informed consent."

"Forcing this in the water supply is trying to take that away from people who may want to make a different decision rather than to have this in water," DeSantis added.

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[–] griff@lemmings.world 90 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Another victory against the woke forces fighting tooth decay!!!

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Literally the only chemicals any Republicans seem to care about regulating are flouride, progestin, and estradiol.

Cyanide, mercury, and benzene are all fair game.

[–] griff@lemmings.world 17 points 1 year ago

don’t forget glyphosate & dioxins

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Clearly Big Fluoride isn't paying off the right people!

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

This but unironically.

DOW Chemical could have shut this down with a few Trumpcoin purchases.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 53 points 1 year ago (2 children)

90% of the people that agree with this legislation are living off diet soda, lite beer, and energy drinks - not pure water.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is that “hey” as in “Hey, I think this legislation is stupid, but yes, I never drink water and bathing my teeth in high pH drinks all day long”

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My teef are fine. I don't know what you're talking about.

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You got more than one toof? Lucky

[–] wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don’t listen to these fools, your body is a temple. 🙏

This moment of enlightenment brought to you by Mountain Dew Buddha Blast … like a holy hand grenade to your pancreas (TM)

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[–] Soup@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Drink water. It’s ok to drink other things, but in moderation.

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

And already lost their teeth years ago.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Because Florida didn’t have enough gap-toothed rednecks already….

"You don't gotta force it and take away people's choices. But the whole crux of the issue is you should be able to make decisions on the basis of informed consent." "Forcing this in the water supply is trying to take that away from people who may want to make a different decision rather than to have this in water," DeSantis added.

Next they should ban Oxygen. Because forcing oxygen into the air is trying to take away the informed consent of people who want to make a different decision than to breathe it in.

[–] AlbinoPython@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

"informed" is doing a lot of heavy lifting here.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Your constituents aren't informed, you disingenuous polyp.

What if I want dirty air and water? Why would you take that away from me????

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Get rid of it!

[–] palmtrees2309@lemm.ee 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If we are fighting chemicals and letting our water flow pure, add a ban to forever chemicals or PFAs which literally causes cancer and hold them ( 3M, DU Pont) responsible for it

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Hey now, you can choose to live in a place without that in your water. /s

The argument DeSantis is making is stupid. You can already buy bottles water with no fluoride in it. How does that not satisfy his argument?

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

Once again proving Republicans are Fuuuucking stupid.

[–] Notserious@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And when are we going to fix the real problem with our water. Too much hydrogen.

[–] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

You mean not enough lead?

[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

They just need to invest in H2Flow.

[–] marine_mustang@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I recently found out my municipality does not add flouride to most of our water, because it’s naturally flouridated enough already to meet the recommended amount.

[–] Greyghoster@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago

Apparently concrete water tanks, the type on a lot of rural houses, are naturally fluoridated. My kids have really good teeth which was a surprise given the number of fillings I had as a child.

[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 year ago

How do I invest in Florida dentistry?

[–] Sweetpeaches69@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

"You don't gotta force it and take away people's choices."

Like, I don't know, maybe abortion desantis YOU FUCKING MORON.

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Florida is replacing the fluoride with citric acid and splenda.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Soon, electrolytes. It's what plants crave!

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Clown car shit

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

He's taking the fluoride out of fluorida

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

For the purity of all our natural bodily fluids.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It owns the libs, therefore, it's good, obviously.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

Dental plan ... no more fluoridated water

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
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