Chennai: Various studies suggest that nearly 15 states in India are endemic to fluorosis due to consumption of groundwater containing high fluoride concentration. While the problem of heavy metal contamination in water is universal, the cost of purifying such water has been expensive. Now, a Switzerland-based Indian scientist has designed a low-cost membrane from nano-sized […]
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Kolar, Koppal Have High Fluoride Concentration in Water: Study
MANGALURU: The southern parts of the state have lower levels of fluoride in ground water and north-eastern parts have markedly high levels. It is particularly high in Kolar and Koppal districts, reveals an evidence-based study published in a UK-based peer-reviewed journal titled ‘Perspective in Public health’ (Vol XX, No XI). As drinking water is the […]
Contaminated water, the silent killer in this Jharkhand village
Sandhya Bhattacharya’s prospective in-laws called off the wedding when they saw her smile. The 27-year-old, who looks about ten years older, has mottled teeth, like hundreds of others in Jharkhand’s Brahmandiha village. The problem is the water, contaminated with naturally occurring fluoride. Nearly half the residents have gnarled bones, stooped backs and deformed teeth. Dozens […]
11 of 13 AP districts have excess flouride in ground water: Centre
Visakhapatnam: The ground water is contaminated by excess of fluoride in 11 out of 13 districts in Andhra Pradesh, whereas all the 13 districts have areas with excess of nitrate in them. According to a statement made by Sanwar Lal Jat, Union minister of state for water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation, in the […]
Balasore: Fluoride scare in ground water
Fluoride presence in the ground water of some areas of the district is alarmingly high and consumption could cause serious health hazards, observed an expert team led by a Delhi-based private organisation that visited Patripal in Remuna block and Jayarampur in Bhograi block of Balasore. The team members included Rajnarayan Indu and Sunderrajan Krishnan, of […]
Fluorosis Cripples Life in Mayurbhanj Villages
BALASORE: Ramdas Marandi’s fluorosis is in such an advanced stage that he is unable to move around freely. Contraction of the spinal cord and constant ache in the joints is debilitating. Budharay Marandi, Marya Murmu and Chandramohan Tudu too have been experiencing similar symptoms, all of which are related to fluorosis. Other people of Hatasahi […]
Jaya doles out free, treated drinking water
CHENNAI: Residents of poor localities in the city are all set to get access to safe drinking water. Chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Saturday announced the Amma drinking water scheme (Amma Kudineer Thittam), under which 20 litres of treated water will be provided free of cost daily to families of economically weaker sections. The scheme […]
‘Fluorosis spreading alarmingly in TS’
Adilabad beats Nalgonda in high fluoride content in ground water Even as the Telangana State is yet to tackle the dreaded disease of fluorosis in Nalgonda district caused due to presence of alarming levels of fluoride in its ground water, there is more bad news for the State. The tentacles of fluorosis that leaves people […]
Plea to expedite works on setting up fluorosis research centre
Fluorosis Vimukthi Porata Samithi (FVMS), an NGO working on the issue for the past two decades, has urged the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Jagat Prakash Nadda, to establish Regional Fluoride Mitigation and Research Centre (RFMRC) in the district. Presenting a representation to the Union Minister during his visit to Marriguda mandal here […]
Nalgonda to get hospital to treat fluoride victims
Union Health and Family Welfare Minister, Jagat Prakash Nadda, has promised to set up a 300-bed hospital in Marriguda manda headquarters in the district to provide treatment for fluorosis victims. Addressing the victims during a meeting organised by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State wing at Marriguda on Tuesday, the Union Minister promised the hospital after […]