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Why does Hyderabad have so many dentists?
Ever wondered why parts of Hyderabad have so many dentists? The answer is fluorosis. With the high fluoride content in the ground water, the incidence of flurosis has been growing for the past decade. According to a National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) study, it may affect as many as one out of 10 persons in […]
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Human Rights Commission Calls for Fluoride Probe in Assam
GUWAHATI, Dec 12 — The Assam Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has registered a case (No. 4306/2002) on the basis of a newspaper report regarding fluoride contamination of water at Kaliabor in Nagaon district, and issued notices to the Secretary and the Chief Engineer of the State Public Health Engineering Department (PHE), directing them to conduct […]
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Investigation into Buffalo deaths near Phosphate plant
The probe into the death of more than 35 buffaloes in Chitrapuzha recently has come to a virtual halt with the Animal Husbandry Department deciding not to submit its post-mortem report to the Pollution Control Board (PCB). The department decision was taken on the basis that the results of the post-mortem conducted on the buffaloes […]
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Fluoride toothpaste harmful for children
NEW DELHI: If your toddler chews on the toothbrush, licks and swallows toothpaste, make sure it is non-fluoridated. Fluoride ingested by children less than four years old can be harmful. Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) dentist Dr Pankaj Goel told The Times of India, “Parents are not aware about the difference between fluoridated and non-fluoridated […]
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Narmada waters will reduce fluoride levels
GANDHINAGAR: At least 500 villages of North Gujarat’s Mehsana and Patan districts, where high content of fluoride in groundwater has posed health hazards, will get respite once Narmada waters were released in Saraswati, Rupen, Pushpavati, Khari and Banas rivers in next monsoon. The release is a part of Narmada Water Grid being created by the […]
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Fluorosis haunts Pavagada taluk
TUMKUR: “I have been to all the big hospitals in Bangalore. But even the doctors have pleaded helplessness. What do I do? I have now resigned to my fate”, says Channakrishna, who has been literally paralysed in the limbs due to fluorosis affliction. The situation is no different in the other households of Pavagada taluk […]
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Aging in the time of Drought
THE silence is the first thing to hit you in the village of Jharana Khurd, 60 km from Jaipur. Then you realise why: There are no young people in the village. Every one of the 1,200 residents, no matter if they are 50, 30 or 10, looks old, with yellow, cracked teeth and pronounced limps. […]
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Fluoride poisoned people in India need our help
Dear All, Michael Connett received a heart rending appeal today from a group in India which is working on behalf of the people of Nalgonda District in India who are being poisoned with water naturally high in fluoride. They are being poisoned both by the fluoride and by political neglect. As they say in their […]
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Oswal Phosphate Plant facing Closure due to Fluoride Contamination
The di-ammonia plant (DAP) of Oswal Chemicals and Fertilisers Ltd at Paradip will be closed for causing environmental pollution. A joint inspection team (JIT) of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest, Central Pollution Control Board and the Orissa State Pollution Control Board have ordered the closure. The JIT has opined that unless the company […]
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Fluorosis playing havoc in Kolar
KOLAR: Barely 70 km from the hi-tech city of Bangalore lies Kolar where more than 80 per cent of the children in the age-group of 6-14 suffer from skeletal and severe dental fluorosis. Reason: The water they consume has excess fluoride which has weakened their hands and legs. Worse, in Kolar, all villages depend on […]
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