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A holistic study on fluoride-contaminated groundwater models and its widespread effects in healthcare and irrigation
Abstract Groundwater is a key resource in the world. Its importance is often undermined, despite the various applications which include irrigation, drinking, sanitation, and industrial uses. One of the contaminants of groundwater is fluoride or the fluorine ion. Fluoride is a common pollutant of water, carrying potential benefits and costs to various sectors. Fluoride contamination […]
International Agriculture Water Treatment -
Not just groundwater, fluoride has poisoned agricultural soil, crops in Bengal
Farmers in Bankura and Purulia rely on groundwater, heavily contaminated with flouride, to cultivate crops West Bengal has been grappling with groundwater contamination for decades. About 12 per cent of the population in eight of the state’s 23 districts is impacted by water contaminated by fluoride. The contamination is higher in western parts of the […]
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The Influence of Fertilizers on the Behavior of Fluoride Fractions in the Alkaline Soil
Highlights Availability and toxicity of fluoride to plants and animal depends on its existing form Fertilizers accelerate fluoride release into the soil solution Di-ammonium phosphate and manure enhance water soluble fluoride through direct input Urea accelerates fluoride release through altering soil’s pH and elemental composition Abstract It has been established that fluoride bioavailability in the […]
International Agriculture Phosphate Industry -
New tool may reduce ammonia, methane emissions from manure
New additive based on tannins and fluoride can significantly reduce ammonia and methane emissions from swine manure. Researchers from the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) and Aarhus University in Denmark have developed a new additive for the livestock sector that could drastically reduce emissions of various gases from manure while reducing odors by 50%. According […]
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