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Need for interdisciplinary approach to address environmental challenges
Accra, Nov 3, GNA – Dr Emmanuel Arhin, Head of Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Development Studies, Navrongo has called for an interdisciplinary research approach to address environmental health problems confronting the country. Dr Arhin said it was imperative for stakeholders to ‘walk the talk’ and take effective action to curb the […]
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Fluoride Removal from Groundwater by Adsorption Technology. The occurrence, adsorbent synthesis, regeneration and disposal.
Note from Fluoride Action Network: “Since all methods [to remove fluoride] produce a sludge with very high concentration of fluoride that has to be disposed of, only water for drinking and cooking purposes should be treated, particularly in the developing countries.” Reference: Fluorosis (see Interventions), World Health Organization Excerpts from dissertation titled : Fluoride Removal […]
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Fluoride removal from groundwater by adsorption technology: the occurrence, adsorbent synthesis, regeneration and disposal
Abstract In the Eastern corridor of the Northern region of Ghana, the presence of high fluoride concentration in the groundwater has made many drilled boreholes unusable for drinking. Little is, however, known about the factors contributing to the occurrence of high fluoride in the groundwater. Fluoride-contaminated groundwater can be treated by adsorption, but is hampered […]
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Ghana: solar-based defluoridation plants
Excerpt from article on Top 200 Environmental Firms: Twenty-five years ago, German contracting and industrial giant Bauer AG, based near Munich, formed a corporate unit to contend with contamination on its global construction sites. Today, that unit is thriving, serving its municipal and industrial clients in the areas of remediation, waste management, water-wastewater treatment and […]
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Gbalo gets solar-powered water treatment plant to remove fluoride from drinking water
Gbalo, a farming community in the Chereponi District in the Northern Region, has been provided with a solar-powered water treatment plant to remove fluoride from their drinking water. For more than a decade the community was drinking water from a borehole which contained fluoride which caused skeletal and dental fluorosis, a health condition that causes […]
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Recommendations for fluoride limits in drinking water based on estimated daily fluoride intake in the Upper East Region, Ghana.
Highlights Dental fluorosis occurs in parts of northern Ghana from high fluoride drinking water. High water consumption in this hot climate results in increased fluoride intake. Result is dental fluorosis in areas with fluoride in water below 1.5 mg/L WHO limit. Recommendation is lower limit for fluoride in drinking water in hot climates. Children under six […]
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Bongo Assembly launches five year WASH Plan
The Bongo District Assembly in the Upper East Region on Friday launched a Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Plan (WASH) to help address such problems in the District. Unlike other Districts in the Region, the Bongo District has a peculiar problem when it comes to the WASH. The District is noted for its high level of […]
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Acute water shortage in Bongo compels residents to drink contaminated water
Acute water shortage in the Upper East Regional town of Bongo has compelled residents to drink from contaminated sources. The water many of the residents are said to be drinking has is highly concentrated with fluoride, a natural chemical which in high quantities damages bones and discolours teeth. Fluoride is beneficial in lesser quantities and […]
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Bongo District to solve high fluoride content in water
The problem of fluoride content in water in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region would soon be a thing of the past, says Mr Alexis Ayamdor Adugdaa, District Chief Executive. Speaking at a media briefing at Bongo, he indicated that due to the precarious water situation in the district, the assembly appealed to […]
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Bolga water full of fluoride
Mr Nicholas Atubiga, Bongo District Crop Officer, has said underground water in the district contained a high concentration of fluoride, thus causing dental fluorosis, a disease of bones and teeth. He said the concentration was usually 1.5mg/l and above. Mr Atubiga said most parts of the district are overlaid by granitic rocks which have fluoride […]
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