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Fluorosis : Bone crusher in Assam
Life for Gita Deb (44) of village Tekelangjun in the Karbi Anglong district of Assam is an endless odyssey of pain. For the last seven years she has been bedridden, suffering from perennial body pain. She is also without medical care, even medicine. Her husband looks after the family and also takes care of the […]
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5000 in Doda contract fluorosis, lose teeth
Jammu, Jan 28: Many thousand people in Doda district’s Ghat area are believed to be suffering from dental flourosis, in which the victim loses teeth by fast decay and discoloring of the enamel. Jammu’s Regional Research Laboratory (RRL) in August 2000 had detected excess fluorine content in drinking water in Ghat. Six yearn on, the […]
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Black salt, black tea may cause flurosis poisoning
New Delhi, Dec 31: If you thought unsafe water alone caused fluorosis poisoning, think again. Black salt and black tea are equally dangerous, an ongoing study has shown. Consuming them means not only bone and joint pain, anaemia, fatigue and blockage of blood vessels but also destruction of the stomach and intestinal lining. For pregnant […]
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Joint pain? It could be fluorosis
NEW DELHI: The next time you suffer from a persistent backache or an irritating stiff joint, don’t attribute it to long hours spent at the computer. It could well be the result of fluorosis, a disease thought to affect people in rural India with no access to safe drinking water. It’s time to include it […]
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Groundwater with chemicals unsafe for use: Study
BANGALORE: The hazardous chemicals present in groundwater in different parts of the State have breached all permissible limits. Results obtained from the groundwater samples collected from 4,090 open dug-up wells and bore wells reveal that there is a large quantity of nitrate, fluoride and iron present in them. A recent survey conducted by the Mines […]
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A crippling disease in Birbhum villages
Sir, Fluoride toxicosis, commonly referred to as fluorosis, has caused an alarming situation in some villages of Birbhum district. Nasipur and its adjoining villages, 10 km west of Nalhati railway station, are the worst affected. In the first week of this month, I saw hordes of children and adults suffering from this painful water-borne ailment. […]
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Govt apathy cripples Bihar children
In a village in Bihar’s Nawada district, about 80 per cent of the population is disabled due to the excessive presence of fluoride in drinking water. Deprived of their childhood even before they could walk, the children, mostly Dalits in Kachhariadih village, have been crippled by fluorosis. “I have become physically challenged due to contaminated […]
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Anti-fluorosis drive is yet to take off
* Studies show that caries is prevalent even among children exposed to fluoride * Fluoride can affect bones and skeleton unleashing severe pain in major joints * One main reason for contracting the disease is consumption of untreated groundwater * 66 million people in India, including 6 million children, either affected or at high risk […]
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Six districts in Bihar have excess fluoride in drinking water
Patna, Apr 19: Alarmed over the presence of excess fluoride in drinking water in six districts of Bihar, the state government has decided to chalk out an action plan for fluoride mitigation. Speaking at a workshop on “effects of excess fluoride in drinking water and the mitigation measures” jointly organised by Public Health and Engineering […]
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Gaya’s children suffering physical deformities due to fluoride
Gaya: Water, water everywhere and not a single drop to drink! Many of us may have read this English phrase several times, but for the residents Banke Bazar in Gaya, it summarises their plight, making survival their toughest challenge. The alarming levels fluoride content in the water has made these residents too scared to take […]
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