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Govt apathy cripples Bihar children
In a village in Bihar’s Nawada district, about 80 per cent of the population is disabled due to the excessive presence of fluoride in drinking water. Deprived of their childhood even before they could walk, the children, mostly Dalits in Kachhariadih village, have been crippled by fluorosis. “I have become physically challenged due to contaminated […]
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Anti-fluorosis drive is yet to take off
* Studies show that caries is prevalent even among children exposed to fluoride * Fluoride can affect bones and skeleton unleashing severe pain in major joints * One main reason for contracting the disease is consumption of untreated groundwater * 66 million people in India, including 6 million children, either affected or at high risk […]
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Six districts in Bihar have excess fluoride in drinking water
Patna, Apr 19: Alarmed over the presence of excess fluoride in drinking water in six districts of Bihar, the state government has decided to chalk out an action plan for fluoride mitigation. Speaking at a workshop on “effects of excess fluoride in drinking water and the mitigation measures” jointly organised by Public Health and Engineering […]
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Gaya’s children suffering physical deformities due to fluoride
Gaya: Water, water everywhere and not a single drop to drink! Many of us may have read this English phrase several times, but for the residents Banke Bazar in Gaya, it summarises their plight, making survival their toughest challenge. The alarming levels fluoride content in the water has made these residents too scared to take […]
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Fluorosis dogs Boddavaram
KAKINADA: High fluoride content in drinking water is crippling Boddavaram village of Kotananduru mandal in East Godavari district. Bone deformities, yellowing of teeth, joint pains and general weakness, caused by fluorosis are seen in many villagers. Due to this, the locals have stopped consuming the water supplied from the protected drinking water scheme. Instead, they […]
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Fluorosis strikes Unnao village
Marxnagar (Unnao), January 30: About 70 km from Lucknow, this village in Unnao is fighting water problems of a different kind. The high fluoride content in the soil here has contaminated the water in their wells. As a result, most of the 400-odd villagers suffer from fluorosis. Sumangal is among the more seriously affected. He […]
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Polluted water compounds bachelor woes
Single men in this small Rajasthan town are finding it difficult to end their bachelorhood, as not many families are prepared to marry their daughters to men from a place known for heavy fluoride content in its water. Many residents of Dudu, about 60 km from here, and surrounding villages are affected by various orthopaedic […]
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Fluoride levels in Palam water way over permissible limit: Study
New Delhi,January 16: A three-year survey by the Fluorosis Research and Rural Development Foundation has found that 34.8 per cent of the children, below the age group of 8 years, living in Palam are afflicted with dental fluorosis. The levels of fluoride in the drinking water here was found to be higher than permissible limits […]
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A village hit by fluoride
NAWADA: About 80 per cent of the residents of Kachhariadih village in Rajouli sub-division of Nawada district, mostly dalits, are disabled due to the excessive presence of fluoride in their drinking water. People suffering from humps on their backs or lameness are a common sight in the village. “The present level of fluoride in drinking […]
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Tata to purify water in Andhra Pradesh villages
Faced with high fluoride content in ground water in several villages, Andhra Pradesh has enlisted the support of a Tata group company for providing cost-effective technologies for purifying water in the affected areas. Tata Projects Limited Managing Director K.P. Singh Saturday called on Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy here to demonstrate an economically viable water […]
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