In the early morning hours of Wednesday at Melbourne, Florida’s city hall, the city council voted 6-to-1 to end water fluoridation, The Washington Post reported.

The city council reached the decision after protester after protester voiced their opposition to fluoridating the water. Many said that they refused to be medicated. Some suggested fluoride had affected their thyroid levels. One woman said fluoride caused “spiritual suppression.”

Dentists said ending fluoridation would harm children’s oral health.

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