Utah's governor intends to sign legislation making the state the first to ban fluoride in public water systems. Republican Gov.

In an interview last week, Levine Cava declined to say whether she would veto the Gonzalez legislation if it got to her desk. But she did say she opposed the idea of ending Miami-Dade’s fluoridation program, which began in the 1950s.

Miami-Dade commissioners voted to stop adding fluoride to the county’s public drinking water on Tuesday after the state’s surgeon general addressed them during the public meeting.