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Was fluorine man made

Updated: 8/11/2023
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Fluorine is a naturally occurring element. However, because it is highly reactive it never occurs naturally as a pure element; it is only found in compounds such as fluorite. Elemental fluorine must be separated from its compounds by artificial means.

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14y ago

The fluoride chemicals that are added to water supplies are. They are waste products of the phosphate fertilizer industry, scrubbed from their smokestacks because it's illegal to spew fluoride into the atomosphere.

Adverse health effects of fluoride

http://www.FluorideAction.Net/health

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16y ago

No. None of the elements below 93 in the Periodic Table are man made.

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14y ago

Fluorine occurs naturally in Fluorspar and Cryolite, but as with everything else, it can also be produced by a commercial process.

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13y ago

No All Halogens are natural elements, those are not synthetic.

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12y ago

No, they are all naturally occurring elements.

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12y ago

No they aren't.

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