Acute Fluoride Poisoning from a Public Water System

1994120 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Michael Beller · Alaska Department of Health and Social Services

John P. Middaugh · Alaska Department of Health and Social Services

Abstract

Acute fluoride poisoning produces a clinical syndrome characterized by nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and paresthesias. In May 1992, excess fluoride in one of two public water systems serving a village in Alaska caused an outbreak of acute fluoride poisoning.

Topics & Keywords

Fluoride Effects and Removal

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Clean water and sanitation

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 330, Issue 2, pp. 95-99

DOI: 10.1056/nejm199401133300203

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