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High fluoride found in Delhi’s groundwater.
High fluoride levels in the water, when consumed, can lead to dental fluorosis and have been linked to bone damage and skeletal fluorosis The Delhi government has informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that it has found high fluoride levels — beyond permissible standards — in 58 tubewells across the city after collecting samples from […]
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FKJGP asks govt to take note of NGT findings
Supply of water containing arsenic, fluoride. SHILLONG, Dec 27: A day after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) exposed PHE Minister Marcuise Marak’s unfounded claims that the water supplied to residents in Shillong is safe for consumption, the Federation of Khasi Jaintia and Garo People (FKJGP) asked the state government to take serious note of the […]
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High Fluoride Content, Uranium Radiation Put Hyderabad at Thyroid Cancer risk: Study
Hyderabad: High fluoride content in groundwater and environmental radiation due to substantial uranium reserves in eastern Hyderabad and Nalgonda are resulting in thyroid cancers (malignancies), a study by AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences), Bibinagar, found. The study found that most thyroid swellings were benign, but there was a higher incidence of malignancies, at […]
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RO water plants for 32 Ongole villages
ONGOLE: In view of the severe water scarcity and fluoride contamination in several villages located in the western part of the district, especially the villages falling under six Assembly segments of the district, Ongole MP Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy initiated a safe drinking water supply scheme by spending his Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme […]
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Fluoride-free drinking water connections for Kumarganj soon
BALURGHAT: Residents of Kumarganj block of South Dinajpur district will get fluoride-free drinking water connections soon. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had announced the project from State Secretariat Nabanna recently and had sanctioned a fund of Rs 215 crore for it. An official said that the tender for the project will be invited before Durga Puja […]
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The subterranean chemistry that explains India’s groundwater contamination
As Vajinder Kumar saw more and more cases of cancer in young and old as he travelled through village after village in the Malwa region in northern India he became increasingly concerned. ‘In one village I saw 30 cases of cancer, in another 25, and many people living with brain and nerve disorders,’ says Kumar, […]
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Dental Fluorosis Symptoms: 5 Warning Signs Of This Severe Metabolic Bone Disease
Fluoride mineral is essential for the normal development of bone and teeth. However, its presence in excess of the required limit results in fluorosis of bone (skeletal) and teeth (dental). It is a dominating public health issue in India due to the geographical fluoride belt across numerous states. Despite fluoride’s anticarcinogenic potential, when present in […]
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Madhya Pradesh: 802 villages of Dhar fluoride-affected
Dhar (Madhya Pradesh): District panchayat chief executive officer Shringar Shrivastav visited fluoride-affected villages in Nalchha block and interacted with locals. He also inspected fluoride removal unit at Patdi village and gave necessary instructions to officials concerned. Clinton Health Foundation coordinator Rajesh Srivastava apprised collector about 10 new flouride removal plants to be installed in the region […]
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Spinal Fluorosis is A Progressive Disabling Metabolic Bone Disease
Fluorosis is a crippling disease world over due to deposition of fluoride in the hard and soft tissues of body. Prevalence: Fluorosis is endemic in 25 countries. Like Syria, Jordan Sudan, Kenya Iran Iraq Afhghatistan Turkey and India. In India 15 million population in 20 states and 230 districts are affected. 60 million are disabled […]
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Nalgonda’s fluoride fighter Amshala Swamy dies after accidental fall from new EV.
Amshala Swamy, 34, a crusader against fluorosis in Nalgonda district, died at his native village, Shivannagudem, in Marriguda mandal following an accidental fall from his newly-bought electric three-wheeler on Friday night. According to information reaching here, Swamy sustained head injuries after slipping off the three-wheeler. He was riding pillion as the vehicle was moving up […]
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