Current progress on fluoride occurrence in the soil environment: Sources, transformation, regulations and remediation

M Wang, H Wang, G Lei, B Yang, T Hu, Y Ye, W Li… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Fluorine is a halogen element widely distributed in nature, but due to excessive emissions
from industrial manufacturing and agricultural production, etc., the soil is over-enriched with …

Bioaccumulation of fluoride in plants and its microbially assisted remediation: a review of biological processes and technological performance

R Kumar, R Sinha, PK Sharma, N Ivy, P Kumar, N Kant… - Processes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Fluoride is widely found in soil–water systems due to anthropogenic and geogenic activities
that affect millions worldwide. Fluoride ingestion results in chronic and acute toxicity …

[HTML][HTML] Trends and variability of drought in the extended part of Chhota Nagpur plateau (Singbhum Protocontinent), India applying SPI and SPEI indices

B Bera, PK Shit, N Sengupta, S Saha… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Drought is a hydrological extreme and it brings negative consequences over environment,
society and livelihood. Globally, drought frequency and magnitude is being amplified due to …

Hydrogeochemical assessment of groundwater quality for drinking and irrigation applying groundwater quality index (GWQI) and irrigation water quality index (IWQI)

A Ghosh, B Bera - Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent times, the contamination of groundwater in the extended part of Chota Nagpur
Plateau becomes a big concern. The demand of high-quality drinking and irrigation water …

Groundwater vulnerability assessment using GIS-based DRASTIC model in the upper catchment of Dwarakeshwar river basin, West Bengal, India

B Chakraborty, S Roy, A Bera, PP Adhikary… - Environmental Earth …, 2022 - Springer
In the recent years, ground water vulnerability or more specifically contamination of
unconfined aquifer has been intensified due to multiple reasons. A GIS-based DRASTIC …

Assessment of non-carcinogenic health risk of heavy metal pollution: Evidences from coal mining region of eastern India

B Chakraborty, B Bera, S Roy, PP Adhikary… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
Various developmental projects and economic actions such as mining, industries, urban
expansion, and agricultural activities contribute toxic heavy metals into the soils and it …

Steady declining trend of groundwater table and severe water crisis in unconfined hard rock aquifers in extended part of Chota Nagpur Plateau, India

B Bera, PK Shit, N Sengupta, S Saha… - Applied Water …, 2022 - Springer
Scarcity of groundwater is a severe problem in this region due to over exploitation of
groundwater from unconfined hard rock aquifers. The main objectives of this study are to …

Fluoride exposure and probabilistic health risk assessment through different agricultural food crops from fluoride endemic Bankura and Purulia districts of West Bengal …

A De, D Mridha, I Ray, M Joardar, A Das… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The present study investigates the magnitude of fluoride (F−) contamination in agricultural
land soil and food crops from F− endemic regions of Bankura and Purulia districts in West …

Estimation of groundwater level and storage changes using innovative trend analysis (ITA), GRACE data, and google earth engine (GEE)

A Ghosh, B Bera - Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 2023 - Elsevier
Groundwater is the supreme source of fresh water and the third-largest water resource
around the world. But in recent decades, groundwater-related issues in Manbhum …

Unraveling the impact of high arsenic, fluoride and microbial population in community tubewell water around coal mines in a semiarid region: Insight from health …

A Rashid, M Ayub, X Gao, Y Xu, Z Ullah, YG Zhu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract High arsenic (As), fluoride (F-), and microbial pathogens coexist in semiarid
conditions afflicting> 240 million people worldwide including Pakistan. Groundwater quality …