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Dental Fluorosis Symptoms: 5 Warning Signs Of This Severe Metabolic Bone Disease
Fluoride mineral is essential for the normal development of bone and teeth. However, its presence in excess of the required limit results in fluorosis of bone (skeletal) and teeth (dental). It is a dominating public health issue in India due to the geographical fluoride belt across numerous states. Despite fluoride’s anticarcinogenic potential, when present in […]
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Madhya Pradesh: 802 villages of Dhar fluoride-affected
Dhar (Madhya Pradesh): District panchayat chief executive officer Shringar Shrivastav visited fluoride-affected villages in Nalchha block and interacted with locals. He also inspected fluoride removal unit at Patdi village and gave necessary instructions to officials concerned. Clinton Health Foundation coordinator Rajesh Srivastava apprised collector about 10 new flouride removal plants to be installed in the region […]
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Spinal Fluorosis is A Progressive Disabling Metabolic Bone Disease
Fluorosis is a crippling disease world over due to deposition of fluoride in the hard and soft tissues of body. Prevalence: Fluorosis is endemic in 25 countries. Like Syria, Jordan Sudan, Kenya Iran Iraq Afhghatistan Turkey and India. In India 15 million population in 20 states and 230 districts are affected. 60 million are disabled […]
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Nalgonda’s fluoride fighter Amshala Swamy dies after accidental fall from new EV.
Amshala Swamy, 34, a crusader against fluorosis in Nalgonda district, died at his native village, Shivannagudem, in Marriguda mandal following an accidental fall from his newly-bought electric three-wheeler on Friday night. According to information reaching here, Swamy sustained head injuries after slipping off the three-wheeler. He was riding pillion as the vehicle was moving up […]
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Living with disability: High fluoride in water takes its toll on villages in Rajasthan
SAMBHAR: Two cousins, one 18 and the other six, struggling with deformed limbs and stunted growth, and several others, including toddlers and elders, in the joint family coping with frequent joint pains knowing the water they drink could be the reason but doing so anyway because there are no options. That’s the story of not […]
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Are your kids swallowing toothpaste? Read this carefully.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revealed that over 38% of kids aged 3-6 years ingest more toothpaste which consequently put their health in jeopardy. Doctors say toothpaste is indirectly ingesting a harmful chemical called fluoride. The chemical is good to an extent as it prevents bacteria development in teeth and tooth decay. […]
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What happened to promise of fluoride research centre?
Finance and Health Minister T. Harish Rao accused BJP national president J.P. Nadda of failing to fulfil the promises made to the people. “What happened to the promise of ‘fluoride research and mitigation centre’ at Marriguda you made during a visit in 2016 as Union Health Minister? Six years have completed and the Telangana Government […]
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KTR visits 2BHK home of fluoride victim Amshala Swamy, has lunch.
Nalgonda: Amshala Swamy, one of the several people whose lives were thrown off track by the decades-old fluoride issue in Nalgonda, had a special guest for lunch on Thursday. Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development KT Rama Rao, who toured the Munugode constituency as part of the by-poll campaign, decided to take a small […]
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Poor maintenance of Reverse Osmosis plants: ZP CEOs rapped
BENGALURU: Observing that providing potable water is a fundamental duty of the state and an integral right to life under Article 21 of the Constitution, Upa Lokayukta Justice KN Phaneendra has decided to initiate proceedings to direct the zilla panchayats to ensure functioning and periodic maintenance of Reverse Osmosis (RO) plants installed across the state, […]
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Fipronil: Unauthorised use of 4 highly hazardous pesticides, claims report
Note from Fluoride Action Network: See for more information. Structural formula for Fipronil Unapproved use of chlorpyrifos, fipronil, atrazine and paraquat in crops point to non-compliance with national regulation Use of highly hazardous pesticides are approved for use in India for only specific crop-pest combinations. Photo: iStock Safety of agricultural produce and environmental contamination is […]
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