Bengaluru Urban district administration recently identified 93 villages, where residents are suffering from fluorosis, once again bringing to the fore the issue of unsafe drinking water. Fluorosis is a chronic condition where teeth and bones get affected, at times even leading to permanent damage. People who consume water with fluoride …
UMERKOT, Jan 14: A token hunger strike being observed outside the local press club for five days against the government’s indifferent attitude towards over 5,000 residents of Samoon Rind village ended on Monday. Residents of the village, some 60 kilometres from Chhachhro town, claimed that at least five people died …
Endemic fluorosis resulting from high fluoride concentration in groundwater is a major public health problem in India. This study was carried out to measure and compare the prevalence of dental fluorosis and dental caries in the population residing in high and normal level of fluoride in their drinking water in …
The Institute of Fundamental Studies (IFS) which functions under the Ministry of Technology and Research conducts basic and advanced scientific research and makes new innovations which uplifts scientific and technological activities of Sri Lanka. Scientist J. P Padmasiri of the Institute of Fundamental Studies and Engineer W. M. Jayawardhana, a …
Vasudha Vikas Sansthan with the help of WaterAid and with technical Support of Peoples’ Science Institute, Dehra Doon undertook fluoride testing and fluorosis mitigation Programme in Tirala, Dharampuri and Umarban bloks of Dhar district. The program began in November 5th, 2008. The major findings and description of the activities carried …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has set 2013 deadline for completing the drinking water projects in the four fluoride-hit districts. In several pockets of Angul, Nuapada, Balasore and Nayagarh districts, fluorosis has taken a toll on the local population necessitating the pipe-water projects by the Government. In Angul, Nayagarh and Balasore, …
KOLKATA, 3 AUG: The state health department has drafted a Vision Statement 2011 which identifies loopholes in the state's healthcare sector. The Vision Statement will be presented before the chief minister at a meeting on 11 August. Senior health department officials included in the statement a road map for the …
It’s a village of 250-odd houses, mostly farming families. The population is around 1,000. People here may be born healthy but, chances are, many will die crippled. Most adults have deformed limbs, making it very difficult to walk, sit on the ground or work in the fields. They are all …
HYDERABAD: Hand-pump, a convenient contraption for drawing groundwater, particularly in rural areas with little or no surface water supply, has led to a spurt in fluorosis disease in several States, including Andhra Pradesh. A team of doctors and scientists of the Geological Survey of India and the National Institute of …
Groundwater sampling was carried out at 25 locations from dug wells and bore wells in Rajpura tehsil in Chandrapur district during post monsoon season (October 2009) to assertion groundwater fluoride concentration.
An increase in fluoride level in the water in the taluk has come to light. A study conducted by Bangalore-based Indian Food and Life Sciences Research Institute has revealed the presence of fluoride content in the water beyond recommendable limits. Taluk Animal Husbandry Department Assistant Director Dr N Jagadeesh Kumar …
Piqued over increase in cases of flurosis in Unnao district the state government has ordered a probe into the quality of water drawn from hand-pumps in Ganga Ghat. The decision was taken in a review meeting of the officials of the Urban Development and Environment departments which was presided over …
Effective use of rainwater is the only way to free ourself from consuming flouride and to eradicate fluorosis, said K Narayanaswamy, a water expert and former joint director of the Public instructions Department. He was speaking at a workshop on use of rain water organised by Arghyam, Bangalore and BAIF, …
Lehra Gaga (Sangrur): With mercury continuing to rise every passing day, residents of Lehra Gaga in Sangrur district are grappling with water shortage.Locals say not only are they face water shortage every 2-3 months, especially during summer, but even when the water is supplied, it is laden with high fluoride …
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: About 1.80-lakh rural habitations are afflicted by poor water quality leading to serious health problems such as cancer and fluorosis that damages bones, teeth and muscles. Arsenic contamination has been reported in nine States, fluoride problem in 18 States, salinity in 17 States, iron contamination in …
An investigation was undertaken in 10 villages (28 samples) of Basavan-Bagewadi taluka and 11 villages (38 samples) of Muddebihal taluka of Bijapur district to assess fluoride and other physicochemical parameters. And also to assess the clinical symptoms like dental and skeletal fluorosis, joint pains and gastrointestinal diseases and to find …
The people of Bagepalli taluk consuming drinking water with high flouride content are falling victims to fluorosis expressed former president of Bagepalli Taluk Panchayat Chinnaramireddy and former member of the Bagepalli Taluk Panchayat Sudhakar Reddy. Speaking to mediapersons at a press meet organised here on recently, they said, in order …
The Hyderabad-based IVRCL Infrastructures and Projects Ltd has been awarded a Rs 237-crore contract under the Hogenakkal water supply and fluorosis mitigation project. The project with a permanent water source is being implemented by the Tamil Nadu Government at a cost of Rs 1,928.80 crore. This project will cater to …
Swaran Singh, CMD, TWAD Board, explaining the salient features of the Hogenakkal drinking water project to Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin at Madam near Hogenakkal on Tuesday. PENNAGARAM (DHARMAPURI): The Hogenakkal Water Supply and Fluorosis Mitigation Project for Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri district will be implemented ahead of schedule, Deputy Chief …
S Lalitha, Bangalore, Dec 2, DHNS: Smile, they say, enhances your face value. But for the children of Shyanubhoganahalli, it is proving to be more than an embarrassment. For, excessive fluoride content in groundwater in this village has caused extensive damage to their teeth and dented their confidence. Dental fluorosis …
