Poison shooter

Foul waters

In short

Leafy solution

Foliage helps check fluorosis

Fluoride in water

Delhi's health authorities turn a blind eye to a rise in fluorosis cases

Fluorosis attack

Plagued by deformities

Bone deformities are common in people from the Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh

Fluorosis menace

In Short

Beware flurosis is zeroing in on you

Water harvesting and conservation methods can turn the tide against the disease

Toxic spread

Arsenic contamination detected in Lucknow

Reason to smile

Tamarind enhances urinary excretion of fluoride

Fluoride for a meal

Bacteria to help tackle fluorosis

Loose bones

Fluoride contaminated cripples many in villages near Lahore

INDIA

Wahtech

But what has the state done?

Wah India

Arsenic

FLUOROSIS PROBLEM

Skeletal existence

The number of fluorosis cases in Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh, is overwhelming. Despite having full knowledge of the causes, the state …

Free from fluorides

A Jaipur-based doctor claims to have developed a technique to clean fluoride contaminated water

Resistant to fluorosis

Camels are less susceptible to the medical condition than other animals, including humans

Fluorosis-hit villages caught in red tape

While more villages in UP's Unnao district are gripped by fluorosis each year, the state's ground water board remains entangled in bureaucratic …

Rice husk biochar removes fluoride from groundwater, prevents drinking water contamination, new study shows

Prolonged fluoride consumption in higher concentrations in drinking water can cause dental fluorosis, skeletal fluorosis, kidney diseases, arthritis