The Removal of Fluorine from Drinking Waters in the State of Iowa

Authors

C. A. Kempf, Iowa State CollegeFollow
D. A. Greenwood, Iowa State CollegeFollow
V. E. Nelson, Iowa State CollegeFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

The recent researches of Smith, Lantz, and Smith (1), Churchill (2), McKay (3), Kehr (4), Ostrem, Nelson, Greenwood and Wilhelm (5), Boissevain (6), Dean (7), Sebrell, Dean, Elvove and Breaux (8) and Boruff and Abbott (9) have contributed greatly to our knowledge of the distribution of fluorine in drinking waters and the effect of such waters in the production of mottled enamel of the teeth. Smith, Lantz, and Smith (1), of the University of Arizona, were the first to show that this tooth defect is due to fluorides in the drinking water; they have analyzed the fluoride concentration of waters in endemic areas and have reported it to be high. Dr. H. T. Dean (7), of the United States Public Health Service, has made a recent survey of the occurrence of mottled enamel in the United States and reports that this condition is known to occur in twenty-two states. It is found in other countries also, notably China, Japan, Africa, Italy, Holland, Argentina, Mexico, and England.

Publication Date

1934

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

41

Issue

1

First Page

153

Last Page

156

Copyright

©1934 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Kempf, C. A.; Greenwood, D. A.; and Nelson, V. E. (1934) "The Removal of Fluorine from Drinking Waters in the State of Iowa," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 41(1), 153-156.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol41/iss1/42