TEHRAN – A scheme screening oral and dental health of students in elementary schools will be implemented by the upcoming month (starting on November 23) nationwide, head of oral health organization affiliated to the Health Ministry has stated. Under the scheme, 7 million students will undergo dental screening, ISNA quoted Hamid Samadzadeh as saying on […]
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Iran ratchets up pressure ahead of weekend nuclear deadline
TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian officials ratcheted up pressure Wednesday ahead of a weekend nuclear deadline for European nations to come up with a solution for Iran to sell its oil abroad in the aftermath of escalated U.S. sanctions. President Hassan Rouhani reiterated a threat that Tehran would take additional steps away from the 2015 nuclear accord […]
Iran says it has breached 2015 nuclear deal’s stockpile limit
Key Points Iran has breached the limit of its enriched uranium stockpile set in a 2015 deal with major powers, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday, according to the ISNA news agency. Iran defied a warning by European co-signatories to stick to the deal despite U.S. sanctions. Zarif confirmed that Iran had exceeded […]
Distribution of fluoride contamination in drinking water resources and health risk assessment using geographic information system, northwest Iran.
Highlights Fluorosis is a considerable health problem worldwide. High concentrations fluoride above 3 mg l?1 may cause dental and skeletal fluorosis. HQ indicated health risk assessment in relation to F- concentration for children and adults were significant. The fluoride contamination must be reduced in this study area to decrease endemic fluorosis. Abstract This paper considers […]
Iran announces it will exceed uranium stockpile restraints of nuclear deal
Iran announced on Monday that it will break the limit for its uranium stockpile agreed to in the Obama-era nuclear deal within the next 10 days. Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization spokesman, Behrouz Kamalvandi, said on state television that the country has “quadrupled the rate of enrichment and even increased it more recently,” which will push Tehran’s […]
Protocol for the estimation of drinking water quality index (DWQI) in water resources: Artificial neural network (ANFIS) and Arc-Gis.
Drinking water sources may be polluted by various pollutants depending on geological conditions and agricultural, industrial, and other human activities. Ensuring the safety of drinking water is, therefore, of a great importance. The purpose of this study was to assess the quality of drinking groundwater in Bardaskan villages and to determine the water quality index. […]
Monitoring, mapping and health risk assessment of fluoride in drinking water supplies in rural areas of Maku and Poldasht, Iran.
Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate and determine fluoride concentrations in drinking water supplies in rural areas of Maku and Poldasht in West Azerbaijan Province, the northwest of Iran. Fluorosis risk assessment and characterization was also investigated. Fluoride concentrations mapping was accomplished by using the GIS system. Totally, 356 water samples, including […]
Iran Ships 30 Tons of Mined Uranium ‘Yellow Cake’ to Facility in Isfahan
FILE PHOTO: Iranian technicians lift a barrel of “yellow cake” to feed it into the processing line of Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF) in Isfahan, about 420 kM south of Tehran, on August 8, 2005. REUTERS U.S.-Iranian tensions have resurged since President Donald Trump pulled Washington out of the 2015 nuclear accord, calling it deeply flawed. […]
Data on fluoride concentration in drinking water resources in Iran: A case study of Fars province; Larestan region.
Abstract: Fluoride is a natural element among minerals, geochemical sediments and natural water systems which is entered to body chain by drinking water. Groundwater is the main and the best source of drinking water in southern areas of Iran especially in the cities of Lar and Gerash (Fars province). So due to the health significance […]
Iran resumes producing UF4 after nine years
Baku, Azerbaijan – The governor of Iranian Isfahan province said July 4 that the production of uranium tetrafluoride has been resumed at Isfahan USF Facility. “I am very glad to see that on the Supreme Leader and the president’s order, UF4 production has been resumed after nine-year stop in this complex,” Mohsen Mehralizadeh said, Mehr […]