latest news: in India
Showing 10 of 922 Articles:
-
78 pc pregnant women in Malwa anaemic: Study
In a study conducted on 500 pregnant women, the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department of Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot, and the Punjab State Council for Science and Technology (PSCST) has found that the intake of water with high fluoride content is linked to anaemia in Malwa. Anaemia is characterised by a deficiency […]
India -
Fear of fluoride seeps into several districts of Telangana
Click on the image to expand HYDERABAD: Home to a majority of IT companies in the city, Serilingampally is sitting on a time-bomb that is ticking slow and steady. Fluoride levels in the groundwater of the mandal – comprising Gachibowli, Manikonda, Kondapur and Madhapur – exceed much beyond the safety limit. Fluoride level in groundwater […]
India Electronics Industry -
Geochemical assessment of fluoride enrichment and nitrate contamination in groundwater in hard-rock aquifer by using graphical and statistical methods
Abstract This systematic study was carried out with objective to delineate the various sources responsible for NO?3 contamination and F– enrichment by utilizing statistical and graphical methods. Since Central Ground Water Board, India, indicated susceptibility of NO3– contamination and F? enrichment, in most of the groundwater, NO3– and F– concentration primarily observed >45 and >1.5 mg/L, […]
India -
Canal water for 340 villages affected by arsenic, fluoride
The state government will supply canal water to 340 of the 1,188 villages where arsenic and fluoride content in drinking water is high. The World Bank has, in principle, approved five projects worth Rs 378 crore for supply of drinking water to arsenic and fluoride-affected villages in Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Patiala and Fatehgarh Sahib districts. Talking […]
India -
Cutting down on rock salt and fluoride can help tackle anaemia, a new study finds
Researchers have found that consuming excess fluoride is intricately linked with anaemia For several decades, India has been trying to reduce the health burden due to anaemia. This condition is known to be a result of insufficient red blood cell and low haemoglobin production in the body and is linked with iron deficiency. Now, scientists say […]
India Toothpaste -
ADB hands $245m to West Bengal to improve drinking water
The Asian Development Bank has approved a finance package of $245m to provide safe and sustainable drinking water to West Bengal, India. The package, announced yesterday, will go towards safer drinking water for roughly 1.65 million people in West Bengal, who are affected by high levels of arsenic and fluoride in their water. ADB principle […]
India -
Hindalco fined for pollution
SAMBALPUR: A principal bench of National Green Tribunal, New Delhi on Thursday imposed a penalty of `50 lakh on Hindalco Industries Limited (HIL), Hirakud as environmental compensation for emission of toxic fluoride gas, causing damage to the environment. The penalty needs to be deposited with the District Legal Service Authority (DLSA) which will spend it […]
India Aluminum Industry -
Fluorosis victims’ survey gathering dust in Nalgonda
Fluorosis victims in Marriguda mandal of Nalgonda district. Nalgonda: A survey to identify fluoride victims in the district taken up two years ago has still not been completed, and even data collected so far reveals inaccurate figures. With an objective of collecting details of fluoride victims, district Collector Gaurav Uppal had decided in October 2016 […]
India -
Fluoride distribution and contamination in the water, soil and plants continuum and its remedial technologies, an Indian perspective– a review
Highlights • Quantification of F– in anthroponogenic and natural sources. • State wise fluoride contaminated areas in India. • Level of F– uptake and toxicity mechanism in plants. • Low-cost F– mitigation techniques available in the literature. Abstract Fluorine is an essential element required in trace amounts but gets toxic for human beings at levels […]
India -
Across India, high levels of toxins in groundwater
NEW DELHI: Discharge of toxic elements from industries and landfills and diffused sources of pollution like fertilisers and pesticides over the years has resulted in high levels of contamination of groundwater with the level of nitrates exceeding permissible limits in more than 50% districts of India. Apart from nitrate contamination, the presence of fluoride, iron, […]
India