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hydrofluosilicic acid

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Noun1.hydrofluosilicic acid - an unstable poisonous corrosive acid known primarily in the form of its salts
fluosilicic acid
acid - any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt
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Some have hypothesized that community water containing sodium silicofluoride and hydrofluosilicic acid may increase blood lead (PbB) concentrations in children by leaching of lead from water conduits and by increasing absorption of lead from water.
Blood lead concentrations in children and method of water ... by Malvitz, Dolores M. / Environmental Health Perspectives
EPA has stated (27) that it regards the use of waste hydrofluosilicic acid, recovered from phosphate fertilizer manufacturing, in fluoridation systems as "an ideal environmental solution to a long-standing problem," because "water and air pollution are minimized, and water utilities have a low-cost source of fluoride available to them.
Part II: why EPA's headquarters professionals' union opposes ... by New Life Journal
The chemical used in 90% of the fluoridation systems in the United States, and is likely to be used in most of the systems in California, is hydrofluosilicic acid or its sodium salts.
Hannah-Beth Jackson Leads Vote Against Testing of Fluoridation ... by Business Wire
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