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Gold in Uttar Pradesh: 269 villages here are afflicted by fluorosis caused by air and water pollution
Despite the intervention of the National Green Authority (NGT), the state government or district administration has not taken any effective steps. Fluorosis water pollution Sonbhadra: Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh was in news for gold reserves, but about 10,000 villagers of 269 villages here have become disabled due to fluorosis reportedly caused by air and […]
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Just 60% Punjab groundwater fit for use
Chandigarh, February 17. Almost half of the groundwater in Punjab is unsafe and contaminated with hazardous chemicals, heavy metals and radioactive material. And in the absence of any remedial steps by the government, the remaining safe groundwater is depleting at a rapid pace. These facts have come to the fore in the first-ever audit report […]
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‘Reducing Access To Water-Related Data Is A Regressive Move’
Bengaluru: Over the next five years, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government will invest Rs 3.6 lakh crore ($49 billion) in the ongoing Jal Jeevan Mission (‘water for life’ mission, JJM), Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced in the budget released on February 1, 2020. JJM has been allocated Rs 11,500 crore ($1.6 billion) for 2020-21. The […]
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Aluminium Association of India Seeks Reduction in Customs Duty on Input Materials
Indian aluminium industry has urged the government to reduce the basic customs duty on critical raw materials like aluminium fluoride, stating that high import duties are a huge disadvantage as they make Indian finished goods costlier and uncompetitive in the international markets. Aluminium Association of India said “To improve the cost structure of the Indian […]
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Essential and vital component of life support system
Groundwater is an essential and vital component of our life support system. The rural India mostly depends on groundwater, especially areas with low rainfall or absence of a river. In rural India, tube wells are commonly used to pump groundwater. In India, the availability of surface water is greater than groundwater. However, owing to the […]
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Data on application of water quality index method for appraisal of water quality in around cement industrial corridor, Yerraguntla Mandal, Y.S.R District, A.P South India.
Full paper online at fluoridealert.org/wp-content/uploads/suvarna-2020.pdf Abstract The present paper aims at determining the status and trends of groundwater quality by applying water quality index method from 22 villages around Cement industries, Yerraguntla Mandal, Y.S.R District, A. P South India. Water Quality Index (WQI) was calculated from fourteen physicochemical parameters like pH, EC, TDS, Total hardness, […]
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Doctors clueless as Ganjam village suffers from deformity curse
100 persons of Palaksandha, including children, suffer from deformity, fluoride content in water suspected BERHAMPUR: Unlike toddlers his age, Rinku cannot go out to the village street to play. The two-year-old boy who was born with a neurological disorder is unable to stand or walk and even speak. After running around hospitals for his treatment, his […]
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Common fungi can breathe life back into land rendered barren near mining sites
Vadodara: Massive stretches of land near mining sites that have been rendered barren due to toxic and heavy metals can potentially turned lush green and fertile. In a major breakthrough using a commonly found fungi, MS University scientists are confident that such land can be actually turned fertile. The experiment was carried out to reclaim […]
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Fluoride contamination in groundwater and associated health risks in Karbi Anglong District, Assam, Northeast India
Abstract Health hazards due to excess intake of fluoride via groundwater contamination are a major concern worldwide. This study provides a comprehensive report on the human health risks associated with the consumption of groundwater contaminated by fluoride. Several groundwater samples were collected across 8 blocks of Karbi Anglong district of Assam, India. The concentration of […]
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Drinking water unsafe in half of state, says govt survey
Bhubaneswar: How safe is the water we drink? If the latest water testing report released by the department of drinking water and sanitation of the Union ministry of Jal Shakti for 2019-20 released on Friday is any indication, drinking water is contaminated in 15 of the 30 districts in the state. Of the 40 water […]
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