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Water Quality

Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Fluoride


Table 3.1 Fluoride Concentrations in Foods - (mg/kg)


Food

Fresh

Dried

References

meats

0.01-7.7

3.8-7.7

McClure, 1949; Gabovich, 1951; Danielson & Gaarder, 1956; Fellenberg, 1948; Machle et al., 1939; Churchill et al., 1937; Clifford, 1945; Matuura et al., 1955; Moiseev & Mikhailova, 1939

fish

<0.10-24.0

<100.0

McClure, 1949; Anon (WHO), 1970; Danielson & Gaarder, 1956; Fellenberg, 1948; Machle et al., 1939; Churchill et al., 1937; Clifford, 1945; Lepierre, 1938

citrus fruits

0.04-0.36

1.4-2.2

McClure, 1949; Reid, 1936; Fellenberg, 1948; Machle et al., 1939

non-citrus fruits

0.02-1.32

0.42-12.0

McClure, 1949; Danielson & Gaarder, 1956; Fellenberg, 1948; Machle et al., 1939; Matuura et al., 1955

cereals & products

<0.10-20.0

0.0-64.0

McClure, 1949; Nommik, 1953; Reid, 1936; Machle et al., 1939; Churchill et al., 1937

vegetables & tubers

0.10-3.0

0.0-28.3

McClure, 1949; Nommik, 1953; Gabovich, 1951; Danielson & Gaarder, 1956; Fellenberg, 1948; Machle et al., 1939; Clifford, 1945; Polheim & Dietrich, 1955; Pisareva, 1955; Matuura et al., 1955

tea

3.2-400.0

<1900

McClure, 1949; Anon (WHO), 1970; Gabovich, 1951; Matuura et al., 1954; Reid, 1936; Wang et al., 1949; Machle et al., 1939; Churchill et al., 1937; Cheng & Chou, 1940; Clifford, 1945; Harrison, 1949

wine

0.0-6.34

-

McClure, 1949; Cheng & Chou, 1940; Almeida, 1945; Cathaneo & Harman, 1945

beer

0.15-0.86

-

Weber & Taylor, 1952

milk

0.04-0.55

-

McClure, 1949; Nommik, 1953; Danielson & Gaarder, 1956; Ham & Smith, 1950; Machle et al., 1939; Cheng & Chou, 1940; Georgievskii, 1949; Evans & Phillip, 1939; Clifford, 1945

table salt

0.02-115.1

-

Gabovich, 1951; Fellenberg, 1948; Cheng & Chou, 1940

bone meal

246-770

-

Ham & Smith, 1950; Bartlet et al., 1952

coca cola

0.07

-

Ham & Smith, 1950

eggs

0.00-2.05

-

McClure, 1949; Gabovich, 1951; Machle et al., 1939

butter

0.4-1.50

-

McClure, 1949; Machle et al., 1939

sugar

0.10-0.32

-

McClure, 1949; Machle et al., 1939

baking powder

<0.1-220

-

McClure, 1949; Churchill et al., 1937

cheese

0.13-1.62

-

McClure, 1949; Danielson & Gaarder, 1956; Machle et al., 1939;

coffee

0.2-1.6

-

McClure, 1949



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