Tag: Fluoridation
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A new perspective on metals and other contaminants in fluoridation chemicals
Background: Fluoride additives contain metal contaminants that must be diluted to meet drinking water regulations. However, each raw additive batch supplied to water facilities does not come labeled with concentrations per contaminant. This omission distorts exposure profiles and the risks associated with accidents and routine use. Objectives: This study provides an independent determination of the […]
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Why I changed my mind about water fluoridation.
Former Advocate To explain how I came to change my opinion about water fluoridation, I must go back to when I was an ardent advocate of the procedure. I now realize that I had learned, in my training in dentistry, only one side of the scientific controversy over fluoridation. I had been taught, and believed, […]
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Acute fluoride poisoning associated with an on-site fluoridator in a Vermont elementary school.
Results Of the 44 vendors who attended the farmers market, 40 (91 per cent) were contacted. Inclusion of their family members brought the total subjects to 82; of these, 22 (27 per cent) reported a characteristic illness on the day of the market. All had onset of symptoms between 8:30 and 10:30 am. Of […]
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Water fluoridation and osteoporotic fracture.
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Mass intoxication from accidental overfluoridation of drinking water.
The literature reveals several episodes of acute mass poisoning due to sodium fluoride which had been mistaken for flour, sugar, and baking powder and added to food [1]. The number of persons affected ranged from 5 to 280. The most severe accident -with 47 deaths occurred in Salem, Oregon, where a helper in the kitchen […]
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Fluoride overfeed at a well site near an elementary school in Michigan.
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Acute fluoride poisoning in a New Mexico elementary school.
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Outbreak of acute fluoride poisoning caused by a fluoride overfeed, Mississippi, 1993.
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Acute fluoride poisoning from a public water system.
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Fluoride overfeeds in public water supplies.