Tavares will immediately end water fluoridation, its city council decided Wednesday night, following an in-person appeal from Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo. The 4-1 vote puts the Lake County city at odds with neighboring Leesburg, which reaffirmed ...

The Tavares City Council voted 4-1 to remove fluoride from the city’s water supply after weeks of discussion and public input.

City leaders in Tavares will meet again Wednesday to debate a proposal that would remove fluoride from the city’s water supply.

TAVARES, Fla. – After over an hour of public comment, testimony from Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo and a University of Florida researcher on Wednesday, Tavares City Council members voted to remove fluoride from the city’s drinking water supply.

THE CITY OF TAVARES VOTED TONIGHT TO REMOVE FLUORIDE FROM THEIR WATER SUPPLY. IT’S SOMETHING THE STATE’S SURGEON GENERAL HAS PUSHED FOR IN RECENT MONTHS. AND AS WESH HAYLEY CROMBLEHOLME SHOWS US, HE ACTUALLY MADE AN APPEARANCE AT TONIGHT’S MEETING.