confirmation of and explanations for elevated blood lead and other disorders in children exposed to water disinfection and fluoridation chemicals. | silicofluorides (sifs), fluosilicic acid (fsa) and sodium fluosilicate (nafsa), are used to fluoridate over 90% of us fluoridated municipal water supplies. living in communities with silicofluoride treated water (sifw) is associated with two neurotoxic effects: (1) prevalence of children with elevated blood lead (pbb>10microg/dl) is about double that in non-fluoridated communities (risk ratio 2, chi2p<0.01). sifw is associated with serious corrosion of lead-bearing brass plumbing, producing elev ... | 2007 | 17420053 |