Fluoride occurrence in groundwater systems at global scale and status of defluoridation–state of the art

V Kimambo, P Bhattacharya, F Mtalo, J Mtamba… - Groundwater for …, 2019 - Elsevier
The occurrence of elevated concentrations of fluoride in the drinking water supply in many
regions of the world has caused widespread prevalence of dental and skeletal fluorosis. In …

Worldwide contamination of water by fluoride

S Ali, SK Thakur, A Sarkar, S Shekhar - Environmental chemistry letters, 2016 - Springer
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 …

Hydrogeochemical processes affecting groundwater chemistry in the central part of the Guanzhong Basin, China

X Ren, P Li, X He, F Su, V Elumalai - Archives of environmental …, 2021 - Springer
Groundwater is essential for the sustainable development of the Guanzhong Basin, China,
and its quality is mainly controlled by hydrogeochemical processes and anthropogenic …

Arsenic and fluoride contamination in groundwater: a review of global scenarios with special reference to India

PK Jha, P Tripathi - Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 2021 - Elsevier
The groundwater contamination with arsenic and fluoride has threatened the well-being of a
vast number of people worldwide. Countries of South-East Asia, including Bangladesh …

Groundwater fluoride contamination, probable release, and containment mechanisms: a review on Indian context

I Mukherjee, UK Singh - Environmental geochemistry and health, 2018 - Springer
Fluoride contamination in the groundwater has got great attention in last few decades due to
their toxicity, persistent capacity and accumulation in human bodies. There are several …

Concentration of fluoride in groundwater of India: a systematic review, meta-analysis and risk assessment

S Ali, Y Fakhri, M Golbini, SK Thakur, A Alinejad… - Groundwater for …, 2019 - Elsevier
It is a well-known fact that the Indian groundwater is polluted by fluoride. However, for the
first time in India, non-carcinogenic risk assessments and meta-analysis of fluoride exposure …

Fluoride in the environment: sources, distribution and defluoridation

M Vithanage, P Bhattacharya - Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2015 - Springer
Fluoride is one of the most widespread groundwater pollutant. More than 200 million people,
from 25 nations, are suffering from fluorosis. This review presents an overview of fluoride …

A review of global outlook on fluoride contamination in groundwater with prominence on the Pakistan current situation

A Rasool, A Farooqi, T Xiao, W Ali, S Noor… - … geochemistry and health, 2018 - Springer
Several million people are exposed to fluoride (F−) via drinking water in the world. Current
review emphasized the elevated level of fluoride concentrations in the groundwater and …

Groundwater quality in Ghaziabad district, Uttar Pradesh, India: multivariate and health risk assessment

M Chabukdhara, SK Gupta, Y Kotecha, AK Nema - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
This study aimed to assess the quality of groundwater and potential health risk due to
ingestion of heavy metals in the peri-urban and urban-industrial clusters of Ghaziabad …

Origin and assessment of groundwater pollution and associated health risk: a case study in an industrial park, northwest China

P Li, J Wu, H Qian, X Lyu, H Liu - Environmental geochemistry and health, 2014 - Springer
Groundwater quality which relates closely to human health has become as important as its
quantity due to the demand for safe water. In the present study, an entropy-weighted fuzzy …