Acute fluoride poisoning associated with an on-site fluoridator in a Vermont elementary school. | Zendy

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Acute fluoride poisoning associated with an on-site fluoridator in a Vermont elementary school.

Author(s) -

R L Vogt,

L E Witherell,

Denise E LaRue,

D N Klaucke

Publication year - 1982

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.72.10.1168

Subject(s) - fluoride , vomiting , nausea , outbreak , environmental health , medicine , pediatrics , surgery , chemistry , inorganic chemistry , virology

On August 30 1980, an outbreak of minor illnesses consisting of nausea and vomiting affected 22 individuals attending a farmers market at a school. Illness was associated with the consumption of beverages made from school water (Xc2 = 65.6, p less than .0001); analysis of the water showed high levels of fluoride (1,041 mg/l). The most likely source of the contamination was the school fluoridator, which had accidentally been left on continuous operation.

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