Despite a visit from State Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo, commissioners in Delray Beach voted to keep fluoride in the city's water system.

Delray Beach won’t stop adding fluoride to its drinking water — a decadeslong practice in the city — despite the urging to do so by Florida’s top health official.

Cities such as Melbourne, Port St. Lucie, Stuart, and Tavares have dropped fluoride over the past few months, taking their guidance from a directive issued by Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo in November. Ladapo recommended against community water fluoridation “due to the neuropsychiatric risk associated with fluoride exposure.”