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FLUORIDE CONTAMINATION IN DRINKING WATER AND ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES TO REMOVE IT

    1 Author(s):  ULFAT KHAN

Vol -  5, Issue- 11 ,         Page(s) : 164 - 173  (2014 ) DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/IRJMSH

Abstract

ABSTRACT Fluoride is a component that remains in a certain amount in water. On crossing this certain limit, fluoride contaminates the water. Excessive fluoride concentrations have been reported in ground waters of more than 20 developed and developing countries including India where 17 states are facing acute fluorosis problems. Persons once attacked by this are never cured of this. Various technologies are being used to remove fluoride from water but still the problem has not been rooted out. This paper gains its importance by highlighting the causes of fluoride contamination in ground water, intensity of different types of fluorosis among the affected patients, finding the causal connection between the variables of factors and solution of these problems.

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