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With the national capital fast becoming an endemic area for fluorosis, a disease that cannot be treated, the Delhi government has decided to enter into a “strategic and technical partnership” with a agency that is specialised on the disease to stem the spread. The partnership of Fluorosis Foundation with the Health Department of Delhi government […]

ONGOLE: Almost 600 young men in four villages are finding it to difficult to get a girl in marriage. For no fault of their own. The girls in the neighbouring parts find fault with the water they drink! Yes, boys raised on flouride-contaminated water are, they believe, unfit for marriage. A problem, hitherto considered a […]

Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 22: A large number of villagers of Sonbhadra village in Uttar Pradesh are suffering from fluorosis due to the excessive fluoride content in the ground water that these villages draw to drink. They are facing the risk of becoming handicapped due to excessive fluorosis Chopan, Dudhi and Myorpur and Babhni Blocks. […]

PARLAKHEMUNDI: For the villagers of Jogipadu and Padampur under Gumma block, the only source of drinking water is a ‘nala’, which is located 5 km away from their villages. Ironically, these villages have over 10 borewells and are just a few kilometres away from the district headquarters. The reason that has kept them away from […]

Union Minister for Rural Development Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh has called for ensuring the availability of safe drinking water in rural areas of the country. Addressing a two-day long National Rural Workshop on Water supply and Sanitation in Rural India here today Dr. Singh stressed the importance of development of suitable technologies for addressing drinking […]

Based on the fluorine content of the drinking water in the country, fluorosis is a problem in 19 States, which are Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Orissa, Punjab, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Kerala, Assam, Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand & Chhatisgarh. Accordingly to the WHO sponsored project carried […]

Tirupati, November 30: Speakers at the international symposium on ‘Metabolic bone disorders’ organised here on Thursday expressed concern over the alarming rise of calcium and vitamin D deficiency across the world and saw ‘food fortification’ as the answer. The symposium, conducted by Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences (SVIMS), in association with National Institute of […]

Hyderabad, November 17: The AP Flourosis ‘Vimukti Porata Samiti’ on Friday organised a dharna here in which 120 victims from Chintapally, Marriguda, Narayanapuram and Nampalli mandals of Nalgonda districts participated. Krishna water K. Subash, convener of the samiti, said the protest was to press its demands—supply of the Krishna water to 850 villages, release of […]

Concern over poor quality of drinking water High fluoride and nitrate content in ground water JAIPUR: The United Nations has selected Rajasthan as a priority State for its focus on vital sectors such as water resources management, health care, nutrition, education and AIDS prevention for the next five years from 2008 to 2012. This forms […]