ICWA Weekly News 4-30-25
New Tennessee Law Raises Hope for Washington’s SB 5781; SnoCo Firefighters Appeal Case after refusing COVID-19 Shots; COVID-19 Deaths Following COVID-19 shots; Fluoride waste in WA
In this issue:
Upcoming Events
New Tennessee Law Raises Hope for Washington’s SB 5781
Snohomish County Firefighters Appeal Their Religious Exemption Case for the COVID-19 Shots
April 25 Episode of Informed Life Radio – notes and links
Guest: Scott Shoemaker. More than twenty years ago, Scott Shoemaker's son Joshua was diagnosed with autism. Research led Scott to try chelation therapy on his son to detox heavy metals such as aluminum and mercury. Within days, Joshua's behavior improved, and within months, his recovery was complete. Many others have documented similar recoveries and chelation clinics have a wealth of data going back decades, yet many parents are unaware of this therapy or know if it is right for their child. Isn't HHS action long overdue?
Video of Joshua before and after: www.shoemaker.us
Scott Shoemaker - Here is the recovery video that shows... | Facebook
Open Letter to Superintendent Chris Reykdal on Autism Comments - Informed Choice Washington | ICWA
Pediatrics Medical Courses, Workshops, CME Conferences - MedMAPS – Medical Academy of Pediatrics for Special Needs (Autism, ADHD, PANS)
Upcoming events:
May 2 Informed Life Radio with guests Dr. Mary Talley Bowden, Robbie Raugh RN, and pharmacist Shawn Needham.
May 3 Medical Freedom NW event Make American Medicine Safe Again, in Spokane with Drs. Atlas, McCullough, Victory, Bowden and more. ICWA & CHD will table – main event is Saturday May 3.
May 6-7, Give BIG to ICWA, our first fundraiser of the year. Please plan to give $10 regularly for our 10th year of defending informed consent.
May 6, Homeschool Resources virtual event, 4 pm, hosted by Conservative Ladies of WA.
May 18 David Spring speaks at Bethel Community Church from 6-8 pm to Win the War Against Families (see flyer below)
May 23, 6-9 pm, Patriots United Final event in Washougal with Robert Scott Bell and Scott Miller, and our newest activist, Battle Ground’s Dr. Joyce Choe. Tickets are only $11.99 (see flyer below)
May 24. Make your Home Healthy Again, 9 am – 6 pm. Healing for the A.G.E.S. Virtual Solution Summit, use code: ICWA for 30% off.
New Tennessee Law Raises Hope for Washington’s SB 5781
Former Informed Choice Washington president Bernadette Pajer was the activist force who carried Tennessee House Bill 1157 through Capitol halls of Nashville, and it's her idea at the root of Washington’s SB 5781 that will vie for a committee hearing in 2026.
Bernadette appeared on last week’s episode of The Highwire to explain this health freedom victory. HEALTH FREEDOM VICTORY IN TENNESSEE - The HighWire. We are very proud of Bernadette and she has our profound thanks for carrying the torch here in Washington for so many years.
This new Tennessee law shows that the idea - for Departments of Health to follow FDA Labeling laws when promoting a healthcare product - is a rational one that might, in fact, begin to restore trust in public health. She noted that the Tennessee Department of Health did not oppose the bill at all, even while including strict financial penalties for non-compliance by state grant recipients’ claims of safety or efficacy of vaccines, masks and emergency use authorized products.
Even though Washington is on a different political trajectory, we think Tennessee's new law, being very similar to SB 5781, will greatly increase the chances that it could be heard in 2026. SB 5781 Restoring trust in public health by conforming to food and drug administration labeling is sponsored by Senators Fortunato, J. Wilson, Christian, McCune, and doesn’t contain any penalties for non-compliance in hopes of having that committee hearing. Quick, someone warn Sen. Annette Cleveland it’s a-comin.
Snohomish County Firefighters Appeal Their Religious Exemption Case for the COVID-19 Shots
Last Friday, the Herald Net in Everett reported that the eight Snohomish County firefighters who were placed on unpaid leave after they refused to take the COVID-19 shot are now fighting for their appeal in U.S. Ninth Circuit Court. Six of them are back at work but are suing for backpay.
The plaintiffs — David Petersen, Beau Watson, Jay Stickney, Evan Merritt, Kevin Gleason, Riley Korf, Norm Alan Peterson II and Ryan Stupey — each obtained a religious exemption to the Inslee-led state mandate requiring vaccination for health care workers. But Snohomish Regional Fire & Rescue, known in court documents as SURFER, placed them on indefinite unpaid leave, citing how they could not be ‘accommodated’ to safely perform their jobs.
In January 2024, U.S. District Judge Thomas Zilly granted summary judgment to SURFER, ruling the department was within its rights to deny the requested accommodation. Zilly was nominated by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to the United States District Court for the Western District in Washington.
The firefighters’ appeal to overturn that ruling is now under review at the Court of Appeals.
Oral arguments already took place April 3 in Portland, where attorney Jennifer Kennedy argued the district court had “mishandled” the case and ignored evidence that the fire department could have reasonably accommodated the men without burden.
“This case really isn’t about COVID-19,” Kennedy said in an interview. “It’s about religious accommodation in the COVID era.”
COVID-19 Deaths Following COVID-19 shots in Washington
Yes, you read the headline correctly.
Last Thursday, Nicolas Hulscher reported in Focal Points on a study of WHO data titled Paradoxical increase in global COVID-19 deaths with vaccination coverage: World Health Organization estimates (2020–2023), which was just published in the International Journal of Risk & Safety in Medicine.
The study results were summarized as:
COVID-19 deaths increased with vaccination coverage ranging from 43.3% (Africa) to 1275.0% (Western Pacific). The Western Pacific (1.5%) and Africa (3.8%) regions contributed least to the global cumulative COVID-19 deaths pre-vaccines, while the Americas (49.9%) and Europe (27.6%) had the highest counts. The Americas (39.8%) and Europe (34.1%) accounted for >70% of global COVID-19 deaths despite high vaccination, and the percentage increase in COVID-19 mortality and the percentage of person’s ≥65 years were significantly correlated (0.48) in Africa.
The study’s conclusion was, “COVID-19 mortality increased in the vaccination era, especially in regions with higher vaccination coverage.”
On a more localized level, Megan Redshaw reported back on March 1, 2024 in the Epoch Times that among hospitalized patients with COVID-19, a study found that vaccinated patients had a significantly higher risk of mortality, suggesting vaccination may not prevent severe outcomes among hospitalized patients.
The study published in Frontiers in Immunology found that mortality among vaccinated and unvaccinated patients was 70 percent and 37 percent, respectively, and that the overall survival rate was two times higher in the unvaccinated group.
As compelling as these statistics are, the risk of dying from COVID-19 after administration of the COVID-19 shots is further illuminated with a quick search of the VAERS data from the CDC. Of the 38,541 deaths following the COVID-19 shots, 8,339 had COVID-19 symptoms post-vaccination or at the time of death. This means that 21.6% of the total vaccine-related death reports were still symptomatic or died from a COVID attack. This doesn’t reflect well on the COVID shots.
By other measures, there could even be as many as 9,961 COVID-19 related deaths, or 25.8%, of vaccinated individuals if you include breakthrough, asymptomatic, and suspected COVID-19 cases in the search.
Of the 238 deaths following the COVID-19 shots here in Washington, sixty-four are listed with COVID-19 symptoms after vaccination, and then died.
Lest we forget, we include some of the VAERS writeups below.
The youngest is a seventeen-year-old female, whose onset began thirty-six days after taking the second Pfizer shot on September 15, 2021. She had no preexisting conditions.
VAERS ID: 1828901
Submitted write-up: Patient reported symptomatic (non-severe) case of COVID-19 August 2021 and recovered fully. She reported receiving Pfizer COVID vaccine 9/3/21 and second dose 9/15/21. She present to the emergency department of my hospital 10/23/21 with chest pain and dyspnea for 48 hours. Was feeling completely well prior to onset of chest discomfort. Symptoms were mild. No sick contacts or family members. ED evaluation remarkable for normal exam, no hypoxia, normal blood pressure. EKG with diffuse ST elevation. Troponin elevated at 20. CTA chest negative for PE or pneumonia. SARS-CoV-PCR positive but thought to be persistent positive rather than reinfection because of lack of clinical symptoms, recent COVID-19 and recent vaccination. Cardiologist consulted, thought acute coronary syndrome unlikely based on age and lack of risk factors. STAT Echo resulted depressed EF 40-45%. Simultaneously she had become increasingly tachycardic and EKG appeared more ischemic. Cardiac cath lab was activated and she was about to be transported when she suffered cardiac arrest. Initial rhythm was VT. Received ACLS protocol CPR x 65 minutes including multiple cardioversion, amiodarone, lidocaine, magnesium and other antiarrhythmics. Unfortunately she was not able to be resuscitated and died. Cause of death possible acute myocarditis.
The one death listed in the 40 to 49 age range was a 48-year-old male who died on the same day as the onset began on May 5, 2021, which was 54 days after taking the second Pfizer shot. Submitted write-up simply said, “Died of COVID-19 illness on 05/05/2021.”
In the key findings listed in the Epoch Times article, Megan Redshaw wrote, “In patients aged 50 and older, an increased risk of mortality was observed in those who were vaccinated compared with those who were not.”
Below are examples here in Washington of those aged 50 through 79 who died of COVID-19 following the COVID-19 shots:
64-year-old male died on the same day as the onset began on August 1, 2021, which was 154 days after third Moderna shot.
66-year-old female’s onset began 96 days after taking a second Pfizer shot on April 8, 2021. Submitted write-up: 7/13/2021: headache, sore throat, cough, shortness of breath,. admitted to the hospital 7/21/2021 dies.
66-year-old female with the following submitted write-up: Patient received Pfizer COVID vaccine on 3/6/21 and 3/26/21. On 10/23/21, patient admitted for acute hypoxemic respiratory failure due to COVID-19 pneumonia with bilateral pleural effusions. During admission, patient also developed MRSA LLE osteomyelitis and sepsis, AKI, pyelonephritis in transplanted kidney. Patient expired on 10/25/21.
69-year-old female with submitted write-up: Patient received Pfizer COVID vaccine on 3/17/21 and 4/22/21 at another facility. On 9/27/21, patient admitted to our facility for acute blood loss anemia from ostomy. COVID status was negative on 9/27/21 and 9/29/21. However, COVID status changed to positive on 10/4/21 and 10/6/21. Patient expired on 10/9/21 likely related to abdominal pathology. Here''s the discharge summary from hospitalist: "Patient with recurrent bleeding episodes from her stoma requiring total of 8 U PRBC. CT for GIB was negative for active bleeding on admission. She was seen by GI service who felt there is no role for GI controlling bleed. Colorectal surgery was contacted after an other episode of large quantity bleed. Unfortunately she developed progressive hypoxic respiratory failure with abdominal distention, lactic acidosis, progressive hypotension requiring HFNC, vasopressor support, transfusion. CXR was surprisingly clear and felt that severe hypoxia likely related to abdominal pathology."
69-year-old male died on the same day as the onset began on May 17, 2021, which was 117 days after taking the second Pfizer shot. Submitted write-up simply said, “Died of COVID-19 illness on 05/17/2021.”
68-year-old male died on the same day as the onset began on May 3, 2021, which was 115 days after taking the second Pfizer shot. Submitted write-up simply said, “Died of COVID-19 illness on 05/03/2021.”
76-year-old male died on the same day as the onset began on January 4, 2021, which was 124 days after taking the second Pfizer shot. Submitted write-up simply said, “Died of COVID-19 illness on 05/08/2021.”
72-year-old female with the following submitted write-up: Patient received Pfizer COVID vaccine on 2/26/21 and 3/19/21 in another state. On 10/22/21, patient tested positive for COVID at outside facility. On 10/28/21, patient admitted to our facility for acute hypoxic respiratory failure secondary to COVID-19 pneumonia and possible concomitant superimposed bacterial pneumonia. As of today (11/1/21), patient is still admitted in our med/surg unit.
79-year-old male died on the same day as the onset began on July 21, 2021, which was 127 days after the second Pfizer shot.
70-year-old male died on the same day as the onset began on July 29, 2021, which was 182 days after taking the third Moderna shot.
71-year-old female’s onset began 21 days after second Pfizer shot on January 5, 2021. Submitted write-up: dyspnea, pneumonia, difficulty breathing. positive for COVID-19 3/25/2021, hospitalized and later died of COVID-19.
65-year-old male’s onset began 71 days after taking the second Pfizer shot on March 6, 2021. Submitted write-up simply says, “The patient died of COVID-19.”
Another key finding in the 2024 Epoch Times article by Radshaw was, “In unvaccinated patients aged 19 to 49 and 50 to 79, researchers observed similar survival outcomes—with a decrease in survival noted in adults older than 80.”
Below are examples here in Washington of COVID-19 deaths following the COVID-19 shots for those over eighty years old:
80-year-old female’s onset began 35 days after taking the second Pfizer shot on January 31, 2021. The submitted write-up said that this was a “confirmed breakthrough with a positive COVID-19 resulting in death.”
84-year-old male with the following submitted write-up: Patient received Moderna COVID vaccine on 3/22/21 and 4/19/21. On 1/22/22, patient admitted to our inpatient facility with acute left lower extremity ischemia, acute pulmonary artery emboli, and COVID-19 with acute respiratory failure. Patient underwent unsuccessful revascularization procedures on 1/22/23 and 1/23/22 and was in CCU from 1/22/22 to 1/25/22. As of today (1/25/22), patient is still admitted in our med/surg unit and will be undergoing BKA/AKA soon (left leg no salvageable).
83-year-old male’s onset began 115 days after second Pfizer shot. Submitted write-up: My husband and I both tested positive for Covid-19 after receiving the vaccine. He started to have symptoms like a cold, and it was like sinus symptoms. I also had sinus symptoms. He was prescribed Azithromycin and when it was gone a fever broke out. My husband throat was sore. He was admitted to the hospital and waited for a room for 24 hours. He was admitted directly to the Covid-19 ICU. He was tested again after being admitted on 07/10/2021 and he died on 08/06/2021. He had improved and he was supposed to come home and then I got a call that he had been intubated. He got Pneumonia after being on a ventilator. He lived for two more weeks but then he passed away.
89-year-old female’s onset began 239 days after second Pfizer shot. Submitted write-up: Patient came to the clinic stating she was "just not feeling well" on 10/5/2021. After further questions, she had a cough for about 5 days. Pt. is on supplemental oxygen for her COPD. Her 02 sats were at 89 which were not unusual for pt. Provider seen pt. and he ordered a Covid-19 test. Test came back positive. Pt. was sent home with family member and given instructions to take pt. to ER if she shows any signs of having a hard time breathing. Family took pt. to the hospital on 10/9 or 10/10. She passed away on 10/12/21.
91-year-old male’s onset began 128 days after taking the second Pfizer shot on January 15, 2021. Submitted write-up: Died of COVID-19 illness on 05/23/2021.
87-year-old female’s onset began 138 days after taking the second Pfizer shot on January 15, 2021. Submitted write-up simply said, “Died of COVID-19 illness on 06/02/2021.”
89-year-old female died on the same day as the onset began on January 29, 2021, which was 46 days after second Pfizer shot. Submitted write-up simply said, “Died of COVID-19 illness on 03/16/2021.”
86-year-old male’s onset began 75 days after second Pfizer shot on May 11, 2021. The submitted write-up notes he was admitted to the hospital after a bystander’s CPR, where he tested positive for COVID-19.
89-year-old female died on the same day as the onset began on January 31, 2021, which was 94 days after second Pfizer shot. Submitted write-up simply said, “Died of COVID-19 illness on 05/05/2021.”
84-year-old female’s onset began 21 days after second Pfizer shot on January 20, 2021. She died 10 days after the onset.
86-year-old male died on the same day as the onset began on May 14, 2021, which was 73 days after taking the second Pfizer shot. Submitted write-up simply said, “Died of COVID-19 illness 05/14/2021.”
94-year-old female died on the same day as the onset began on January 19, 2021, which was 114 days after second Pfizer shot. Submitted write-up simply said, “Died of COVID-19 Illness on 05/13/2021.”
83-year-old male died on the same day as the onset began on February 4, 2021, which was 93 days after taking the second Pfizer shot. Submitted write-up simply said, “Died of COVID-19 illness on 05/08/2021.”
94-year-old female died on the same day as the onset began on January 18, 2021, which was 39 days after second Pfizer shot. Submitted write-up simply said, “Died of COVID-19 illness on 02/26/2021.”
97-year-old female died on the same day as the onset began on May 27, 2021, which was 132 days after second Pfizer shot. Submitted write-up simply said, “Died of COVID-19 illness on 05/27/2021.”
83-year-old female died on the same day as the onset began on January 15, 2021, which was 130 days after second Pfizer shot. Submitted write-up simply said, “Died of COVID-19 illness on 05/25/2021.”
92-year-old female’s onset began 121 days after taking the second Pfizer shot on May 16, 2021. She died ten days after the onset in which the submitted write-up says,” Died of COVID-19.”
91-year-old male’s onset began 21 days after taking the second Pfizer shot on January 19, 2021. Submitted write-up simply says, “Died of COVID-19.”
A probable mechanism to look at for the cause of this negative efficacy is antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE). In his book COVID-19 and the Global Predators, Dr. Peter Breggin delves into this issue with the COVID-19 jabs.
He starts with the following:
Then, in September 2020, in the midst of the Operation Warp Speed, a major review warned that the vaccines “being expedited through preclinical and clinical development” could “exacerbate COVID-19 through antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE).”
He then explains ADE:
Antibody-dependent enhancement is a euphemism for when vaccines make the disease worse. In case you doubt that those in authority know about this risk of antibody-dependent enhancement, here is a statement from NIH that was on the internet in response to a search of the term on June 8, 2021:
Antibody-dependent enhancement and SARS-CoV-2 vaccines Antibody-based drugs and vaccines against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are being expedited through preclinical and clinical development. Data from the study of SARS-CoV and other respiratory viruses suggest that anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies could exacerbate COVID-19 through antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE).
On October 10, 2021, Zuno et al published in PubMed the following ADE issue with the COVID-19 shot:
The occurrence of ADE may represent one of the greatest challenges for scientists working on the development of a safe vaccine against COVID-19.
So, with the potential for ADE, and persistence of spike antibodies lasting as much as 709 days in recent studies, the COVID mRNA experiment continues and could be behind higher all-cause mortality being seen in the highly vaccinated regions.
What to do with Fluoride Waste in Washington
Last week in Lynden, the only town in Whatcom County that adds fluoride to its drinking water, the city council again voted to end the practice. Back in May 2024, the city council already had voted to end this practice, but in July 2024, the mayor vetoed the decision.
At the council meeting last week, five members — Gary Bode, Lee Beld, Nick Laninga, Kyle Strengholt and Mark Wohlrab — voted to end the practice. State law says a mayor’s veto may be overridden by the vote of a majority of all council members plus one more vote. The mayor can’t veto the council’s latest decision.
But now Lynden will be facing the same dilemma as in Utah when last month it became the first state to ban water fluoridation: How should they dispose of the unused fluoride?
In breaking news, Florida is likely to face the same issue as Utah since their legislature just placed a fluoride ban bill on Gov. Desantis’ desk on Tuesday April 29.
From the Children’s Health Defense article:
Naturally occurring fluoride is calcium fluoride. The fluoride added to water is the byproduct of phosphate fertilizer production, sold off by chemical companies to local water departments across the country.
The byproduct comes in the form of hydrofluorosilicic acid, which is used by most of the water utilities that fluoridate their water.
Hydrofluorosilicic acid is considered a hazardous substance and must be disposed of following strict environmental regulations under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
Scott Paxman, general manager of the Weber Basin Conservancy District, which provides water to over 700,000 Utah residents, told The Defender that he reached out to the state Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to inquire about fluoride disposal.
DEQ told Paxman that once the May 7 deadline to end fluoridation in Utah kicks in, any water districts that still have fluoride in their facilities will be subject to regulation as generators of hazardous waste — requiring them to follow an expensive and time-consuming set of regulatory requirements to get rid of their hydrofluorosilicic acid.
Paxman said he was outraged that his water conservancy district would be classified as a hazardous waste generator. “We aren’t hazardous waste generators,” he said. “We are just middlemen.”
He said that for years, water operators in Utah had been raising concerns about the hazards of the acid that they saw firsthand in their facilities and the health risks they and the public faced from fluoride exposure.
Water operators like Paxman were active in the campaign to end fluoridation in Utah, he said. Now they were not getting the guidance they needed to dispose of the chemicals.
Here in Washington, retired dentist Bill Osmunson petitioned the Washington Board of Health several years ago for a rule change to require batch assay of materials shipped into Washington state. His petition and appeal to the governor were denied.
Bill also says that the fluoride product added to our water is usually Industrial Grade Hexafluorosilicic Acid - and may contain the following (with some example Material Safety Data Sheet links appended by the editors):
Fluoride – Fluorosis, cancer, thyroid, fractures [MSDS]
Arsenic – EPA's MCLG is "0" "Ingestion of inorganic arsenic in drinking water has been linked to skin, lung, bladder, kidney, prostate, and liver cancers." Oregon Dept. Human Services. Drinking Water and Environmental Exposure, 2007
Lead – EPA's MCLG is "0" [Ionescu Neuro Endocrinol, Lett 2006]
Beryllium – Increase in cancer [Taylor-McCabe, Poteomics 2006] [MSDS]
Vanadium – Mixed results
Cadmium – Increase in breast cancer [McElroy J. National Cancer Institute, June 2006] [MSDS]
Mercury – Cancer increase and neurological disorders [Ionescu Neuro Endocrinol, Lett 2006]
Radium – Cancer increase [Lloyd Radiat Res. 2005]
Radionuclides – Cancer increase [Sevan'kaev Raiats Biol Radioecol 2006]
Silicon – Probably safe
Bauxite – Mixed opinions
We note that Bauxite is the pre-cursor ore from which aluminum is extracted, where aluminum has no nutritional value to carbon-based life (that includes you). By extension, the compounds aluminum hydroxide and aluminum phosphate are used as adjuvants, or immune system irritants, in many injected vaccines. It probably shouldn’t be ingested, especially with its suspected links to Alzheimer’s and dementia.
“However without batch analysis, we don't know what is in the product,” Bill says. “I contacted the National Sanitation Foundation (NSF), a private corporation, and asked why the product is permitted by NSF because a chemical could not be added to the water if it contained more than 10% of the EPA's Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL).”
He notes that MCL for fluoride is 4 milligrams per liter and 10% would be 0.4 milligrams per liter. Community water fluoridation is managed to be around 0.7 milligrams per liter. “The NSF responded that fluoride is the product, not a contaminant in the product and thus not under the 10% guidance,” Bill says. “I asked if fluoride were called a different name, such as arsenic slurry, would NSF permit the hexafluorosilicic acid? NSF did not respond.”
Bill adds that when a system shuts the fluoride pump off, the leftover fluoride is a well-known hazardous waste and not legal to put in the rivers, ocean, or land. Bill suggests perhaps returning the waste to the manufacturer, if possible, would be the least costly option. “Refusing to take back the excess is a serious gut punch to the manufacturer's reputation,” Bill says.
OK, everywhere we turn, people are quoting their personal AI assistant. So, we asked Grok3: Can hexafluorosilicic acid be converted into a non-toxic compound?
If you’re a chemist, let us know in the comments how feasible and cost effective the Grok answers might be.
Hexafluorosilicic acid (H₂SiF₆), commonly used in water fluoridation, can be converted into non-toxic compounds through chemical reactions, primarily by neutralization or decomposition. Here are the main approaches:
Neutralization: Reacting hexafluorosilicic acid with a base, such as sodium hydroxide (NaOH) or calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)₂), produces fluoride salts and silicates, which are generally less hazardous. For example:
With sodium hydroxide: H₂SiF₆ + 6NaOH → Na₂SiO₃ (sodium silicate) + 6NaF (sodium fluoride) + 3H₂O.
Sodium silicate is used in detergents and adhesives, and sodium fluoride, while still a fluoride source, is less reactive and manageable in controlled quantities.
Thermal Decomposition: Heating hexafluorosilicic acid can break it down into silicon tetrafluoride (SiF₄) and hydrogen fluoride (HF). These gases can then be captured and neutralized separately:
H₂SiF₆ → SiF₄ + 2HF.
SiF₄ can react with water to form silica (SiO₂), a non-toxic compound, and HF can be neutralized with a base to form fluoride salts.
Precipitation: Reacting with calcium compounds, like calcium chloride (CaCl₂), can precipitate calcium fluoride (CaF₂), which is insoluble and relatively stable:
H₂SiF₆ + 3CaCl₂ → 3CaF₂ + SiCl₄.
Calcium fluoride is naturally occurring (as fluorite) and less toxic, while silicon tetrachloride (SiCl₄) can be hydrolyzed to silica and hydrochloric acid.
Considerations:
The resulting compounds (e.g., sodium fluoride, calcium fluoride) are not entirely "non-toxic" in high concentrations but are significantly less reactive and hazardous than hexafluorosilicic acid.
Handling requires proper safety measures due to the acid’s corrosiveness and the toxicity of intermediates like HF.
Industrial processes often use these methods to manage hexafluorosilicic acid waste, particularly in phosphate fertilizer production.
These reactions effectively convert hexafluorosilicic acid into compounds with lower toxicity, suitable for safe disposal or reuse in other applications.
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So much shareable goodness. Definitely will share. The autism recovery video and the memes were my favorites. The coverage of fluoride and ADE phenomenal as well. Thank you, ICWA, for a stellar newsletter.
You may be “Washington,” but you’re also “The World.” Kudos.
Great post, Gerald and ICWA!