G98-1376 Drinking Water: Fluoride (Revised February 2005)

Authors

Sharon Skipton, University of Nebraska–LincolnFollow
Bruce I. Dvorak, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow

ORCID IDs

Bruce I. Dvorak

Date of this Version

1998

Comments

© 1998, The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska on behalf of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension. All rights reserved.

Abstract

This NebGuide discusses fluoride in domestic water supplies. Fluoride, a naturally occurring element, exists in combination with other elements as a fluoride compound and is found as a constituent of minerals in rocks and soil. When water passes through and over the soil and rock formations containing fluoride it dissolves these compounds, resulting in the small amounts of soluble fluoride present in virtually all water sources.