In the litigation mode, we will not be forced into admitting that we have found a cause and it is our fault. Even a whiff can kill. It can be made from legal chemicals used in compounds to chlorinate pools, fluoridate water or make insecticides - more than 1,500 times more deadly than cyanide. The standard lethal dose is 10 micrograms per kilogram of body weight. Pentagon finds leaking chemical arms - More than 30,000 tons of chemical warfare agents stored in eight states are reasonably stable, but leaks of nerve gas from M55 rockets are a growing worry.
Water fluoridation is the ideal solution for industry's fluoride waste disposal problem.
Consequently, the phosphate fertilizer manufacturers invest millions of dollars in grants and lobbying of government officials to promote water fluoridation. Additionally contaminated with arsenic, lead, barium, cadmium, and mercury, no analyses of fluorosilicic acid are performed at the source, and only rudimentary analyses are performed at water treatment plants prior to their injection into public water systems. Eight male workers at a cryolite concentrator participated in a 4-day study after 5 days of vacation. Urine was collected before work began and during two 4-hour periods. Preshift urine fluoride concentrations increased during the week.