Tag: Fluoride overfeed

  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 […]

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 […]