Sunday, February 28th, 2021

Impact of Community Defluoridation on a Village Endemic for Hydric Fluorosis in Rural Karnataka, India.

INTRODUCTION Fluorosis is an endemic disease that has affected 70 million individuals and is prevalent in 22 states of India, particularly in parched parts of the country.[1] The process of removal of harmful fluoride from water is called defluoridation.[2] The world’s ground fluoride stores are estimated to be 85 million tons, of which almost 12 […]