Community health effects of a municipal water supply hyperfluoridation accident

L.R. Petersen, D. Denis, Drusilla Brown (), J.L. Hadler and S.D. Helgerson

American Journal of Public Health, 1988, vol. 78, issue 6, 711-713

Abstract: 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 >30 minutes after drinking water; suggesting that fluoride, rather than copper, caused illness. Skin contact with hyperfluoridated water caused itching and skin rashes.

Date: 1988
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