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| India,
Karnataka:
Government ignoring fluorosis threat |
| Hydrologeologists say the
Karnataka State Government is not taking the threat of fluorosis in rural
areas seriously. The Mines and Geology Department has found excess levels
of fluoride in -13 districts. In Ramanagaram, Bangalore rural district,
where fluoride levels are four times higher than the permissible level
of 1.5 mg/l, children are already suffering from teeth fluorosis. The introduction
of Nalgonda defluoridation kits, as attempted by the Danish International
Development Agency (Danida), has proven unsuccessful, as villagers find
the treatment method too cumbersome. With a lack of government guidelines
and experts to tackle the problem, there is a fear the number and seriousness
(bone deformities) of fluorosis will rise.
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on fluorosis and defluoridation
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