All sorts of pollution on the planet can be traced back to development of industries and the
most important among them is water pollution. Clean technologies, management practices …

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 …

Abstract Nano-hydroxyapatite (NHAP), possessing high defluoridation capacity, has been
widely used to remove fluoride (F) from polluted water, but little is known about how it affects …

Although a strong connection between the environmental fluoride contamination and the
fluorosis disease is nowadays worldwide well documented, the knowledge on the fluoride …

Industrial wastewater containing heavy metals is generally decontaminated by
physicochemical treatment consisting in insolublizing the contaminants and separating the …

Phytotoxicity tests using higher plants are among the most simple, sensitive, and cost-
effective of the methods available for ecotoxicity testing. In the present study, a hydroponic …

An original research was laid out as factorial to evaluate the possible effects of biochar (0,
25 and 50 g kg− 1 soil) on mitigating fluoride toxicity (non-contamination, 100, 200, 400 and …

Fluorine, one of the most abundant elements found on earth, acts as an environmental
xenobiotics even at sparingly low concentrations. Uncontrolled anthropogenic activities …

Long-term use of fluoride contaminated groundwater to irrigate crops; especially paddy rice
(Oryza sativa L.) has resulted in elevated soil fluoride levels in Eastern India. There is …

Fluorine is unique chemical element which occurs naturally, but is not an essential nutrient
for plants. Fluoride toxicity can arise due to excessive fluoride intake from a variety of natural …