The fluoride fight comes to Miami, but some county commissioners are cool to the suggestion that there’s a problem.

The issue of fluoride in water was brought before the Miami Commission on Tuesday by Florida's Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo.

Ladapo appeared before Miami Dade County’s committee on safety and health Tuesday, alongside University of Florida professor Ashley J. Malin— whose research focuses on the potential negative effects of fluoride— and two dentists to speak against fluoride in local water supplies.

Dr. Joseph Ladapo, Florida’s surgeon general, spoke to Miami-Dade commissioners Tuesday about water fluoridation. He was invited to address the Safety and Health Committee by Commissioner Roberto Gonzalez,

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo supports a proposal by commissioner Roberto Gonzalez to stop adding cavity-fighting fluoride to the county’s drinking water. On Tuesday, he will address Miami-Dade’s Health and Safety Committee meeting.