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Community health effects of a municipal water supply hyperfluoridation accident.

Author(s) -

L R Petersen,

Denys Denis,

Dr Brown,

James L. Hadler,

Steven D. Helgerson

Publication year - 1988

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.78.6.711

Subject(s) - water supply , fluoride , environmental health , medicine , copper , itching , vomiting , environmental science , environmental engineering , surgery , chemistry , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry

For 12 hours, excess hydrofluorosilicic acid was diverted to a 127-home community water supply. Fluoride levels peaked at 51 parts per million (ppm). Water acidification caused copper to leach from the domestic plumbing; raising copper levels to 25-41 ppm. Fifty-two (33 per cent) of those who drank hyperfluoridated water developed mild gastroenteritis. Vomiting was uncommon and symptom onsets usually occurred greater than 30 minutes after drinking water; suggesting that fluoride, rather than copper, caused illness. Skin contact with hyperfluoridated water caused itching and skin rashes.

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