Facing mounting pressure, Pritchett announces public forum on Mims water fluoridation Eric Rogers, Florida Today
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Amid mounting pressure from local health experts, Brevard County District 1 Commissioner Rita Pritchett announced Thursday she would hold a public forum on water fluoridation in Mims.
The community conversation is scheduled for 5 p.m. June 21 at the Cuyler Park Community Center, 2329 Harry T. Moore Ave. in Mims. The conversation is for those with interest in fluoride in the water, Pritchett said in a news release. I want to let everyone hear everything, and I also want to give the residents of Mims a chance to talk about it.
Pritchett s announcement comes amid mounting pressure to reopen the Mims decision for public debate.
The Brevard County Dental Society, with backing from the CDC, the ADA and the Florida Dental Association, launched a preemptive campaign last week, encouraging the city of Titusville, just south of Mims, to continue fluoridating its water.
Titusville leaders said at a City Council meeting Tuesday heavily attended by dentists and health experts, including Brevard County Health Director Maria Stahl, who spoke in favor of fluoride that they had no plans to end the practice.
After the meeting, Brevard Dental Society President Dr. Angela McNeight said the group was planning to turn its attention back to Mims, and had been encouraging Pritchett and other commissioners to bring the issue back for debate.
McNeight named Dental Society president
Dr. Angela McNeight recently was installed as president of the Brevard County Dental Society for 2021-22. She succeeds
Dr. Kendall Schumacher in that role.
McNeight is a Brevard County native who attended Melbourne Central Catholic High School. She received her bachelor’s degree from Emory University, double-majoring in neuroscience and behavioral biology and general biology. McNeight then graduated cum laude from the University of Florida College of Dentistry, receiving her doctorate in dental medicine.
She then completed a three-year orthodontic residency program and Master of Science degree at the University of Florida College of Dentistry School of Advance Dental Care.