Highlights•The status of fluoride contamination in groundwater of Asian countries is
reviewed.•India, Pakistan and China are critically affected by fluoride contamination.•Dental …

Fluoride contamination in water is a major problem across the globe, with health hazards
such as dental and skeletal fluorosis. Most earlier studies are confined to local or regional …

Chronic exposure to geogenic contaminated groundwaters (GCGs) has caused serious
health problems among billions of people worldwide. The hydrogeological features, main …

Groundwater pollution by fluoride is one of the prime concerns of the world population due
to its toxicity, which results in adverse health impacts. In this paper, we review the current …

Fluoride and arsenic in groundwater are two of the most discussed elements in the
emerging science “Medical Geology”. This paper reviews the studies conducted during the …

This study aimed to determine the fluoride (F−) concentration, fate distribution, source
provenance, geochemistry, and health risk exposure through oral ingestion of groundwater …

Fluoride, a naturally occurring chemical element, is largely insoluble in soils. More than 90%
of the fluoride in soil is bound to soil particles and is unable to be dissolved. As part of the …

Chronic exposure from drinking well-water with naturally high concentrations of fluoride (F−)
has serious health consequences in several regions across the world including South Asia …

To better understand the occurrence of high F and As in groundwater of the Datong basin, a
total of 486 groundwater samples were collected for hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) of …

Fluoride, an incompatible lithophile and the most electronegative element, forms a number
of soluble, pH-dependent formation of complexes with polyvalent metal ions in water. The …