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Fluoride in water: Youths age early in western Rajasthan
JAISALMER: Young people have started looking old due to the increasing fluoride content in water in many villages of Jaisalmer and Barmer districts. This is serious as problem of hunchback and bone related diseases are on rise. Besides, people avoid marrying someone from these villages. Dozens of families in Balu village of Barmer look old […]
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Jammu and Kashmir: High iron, fluoride contents found in JK ground reserves
Jammu, July 16: The much-awaited water mapping survey conducted to find new sources of ground water in Jammu and Kashmir by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has send alarm bells ringing among the planners with the report terming most of the ground water reserves in the state as unsuitable for human consumption. Sources said that […]
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Fluoride contamination and fluorosis in rural community in the vicinity of a phosphate fertilizer factory
We studied chronic fluoride intoxication in 10 villages of Udaipur receiving F emissions from phosphate fertilizer factories. Although fluoride remained below permissible limit in most of the drinking water samples, the incidence of fluorosis in adults as well as in children was surprisingly high. Khemli appeared to be the most affected village (with >48% cases) […]
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Assam: Fluoride contamination up
GUWAHATI: A recent survey showed that 18 districts in Assam have become prone to arsenic and fluoride contamination triggering alarm. “I live in Lakhiminagar where the presence of fluoride in ground water has grown up from 1 mg/l to 1.5 mg/l in a year’s time. But it’s not the only area where we found ground […]
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Waigaon, Bhandara district: After battling fluoride for 64 yrs, village gets pure drinking water at doorstep
BHANDARA: Waigaon, a village in Bhandara district, may be the only village in the country where drinking water is supplied through small containers carried by rickshaws twice a day. Every day, 10,000 litres of water is supplied in the village by the ZP rural water supply department. Waigaon in Paoni tehsil is 50km from Bhandara […]
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`Lancet’ neglects neglected diseases of India
MUMBAI: The battle between the Indian medical fraternity and the world’s reputed medical journal, The Lancet, continues unabated. It began in August 2010 when the Lancet named the latest superbug after New Delhi. The western inference that the superbug had emerged from India was vehemently opposed. Matters worsened last month when the journal published a […]
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Bangalore: Fluoride contamination in two lakh borewells in State
Bangalore, May 6, DHNS: It is not just the borewells in Bangalore City that have high levels of contamination. Over two lakh borewells across the State have recorded high levels of fluoride, nitrate, total hardness and pH (potential hydrogen) values, a study conducted last year has revealed. The Karnataka Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency […]
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Fluoride in water crippling Jagalur villagers
JAGALUR (Davangere dist): Jagalur has turned a hot bed of political activity with the assembly segment set to go for by-polls shortly. Campaigning has gathered momentum and party leaders making a beeline to the taluk in a bid to woo voters. However, polls or no polls, villagers of the taluk continue to suffer from ailments […]
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Finally, govt releases fluorosis control funds
As the financial year comes to a close, the state health department is releasing the Central funds for fluorosis control in four districts. The state was sitting on the funds, which the Centre had released for these districts around eight months ago. The districts chosen by the government for the first phase of the programme […]
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Bhandara villages to be fluoride free by next fiscal
Bhandara Zilla Parishad’s water supply department has set target to make 132 villages fluoride free and one village which is 100% fluoride free will be provided with filtered clean water from next financial year. The scheme is being implemented under Bharat Nirman Project, said zilla parishad president Vasantrao Enchilwar. ZP president further said that water […]
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