Groundwater deterioration due to enrichment with contaminants of either geogenic or
anthropogenic origin has adversely affected safe water supply for drinking and irrigation …

Linking groundwater quality to health will make the invisible groundwater visible, but there
are knowledge gaps to understand the linkage which requires cross-disciplinary convergent …

The health of millions of people worldwide is negatively impacted by chronic exposure to
elevated concentrations of geogenic fluoride in groundwater. Due to health effects including …

Besides air, water is the most essential and irreplaceable element to ensure the continuance
of life. According to data, only 71% of Earth's surface is covered with water; 96.5% is present …

Small-scale water sources serving villages and towns are the main source of drinking water
in rural areas. Compared to centralized water sources, rural water sources are less …

Groundwater is a critical resource enabling adaptation due to land use change, population
growth, environmental degradation, and climate change. It can be a driver of change and …

Fluoride enrichment in groundwater of coastal plains poses a potential health hazard to
hundreds of millions of people. In the present study, 515 groundwater samples were …

In arid inland irrigated areas, the role of human activities on fluoride enrichment in
groundwater is not fully understood. There is an extremely arid climate, high-intensity …

Although groundwater is the primary drinking water source in northern of China, little is
known about generation mechanisms and related health risks of high fluoride groundwater …

Abstract Knowledge on driving forces controlling natural background levels (NBLs) of
geogenic contaminants (GCs) in groundwater of coastal urbanized areas are still limited …