January 27, 2005

2-gallon-a-day habit led to rare disease

Michael Kleerekoper, professor of medicine at Wayne State, is quoted in an article about the possible health hazards of drinking liquids with too much fluoride in them. A 52-year old Missouri woman developed a mysterious bone disease called skeletal fluorosis, which was found to be caused by drinking unusually large quantities of tea. Kleerekoper said most average tea drinkers have nothing to fear, but pointed out that "excess of anything is no good for you." Above is a small sampling of the dozens of newspapers around the country that picked up the story from the Knight-Ridder wire.

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