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• TITLE: Contamination of Water, Dust, Soil, Rock and Urine with Fluoride in Central India

  AUTHORS: Khageshwar Singh Patel, Dhananjay Sahu, Nohar Singh Dahariya, Bharat Lal Sahu, Shobhana Ramteke, Borislav Blazhev, Laurent Matini, Eduardo Yubero, Jan Hoinkis

  KEYWORDS: Fluoride, Contamination, Groundwater, Soil, Rock, India

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Environmental Protection, Vol.6 No.12, December 7, 2015

  ABSTRACT: At least 15% of 0.1 million people residing in 117 villages of Tamnar block (Chhattisgarh, central India) are suffering from fluorosis diseases. In this work, the contamination of F- in the environment (i.e. water, soil, rock and urine) of the Tamnar block is described. The concentration variations of F-, Cl-, NO3-, SO42-, Na+, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+, Al, Mn, Fe and Zn in the groundwater are reported. The F- content in the water was ranged from 1.7 - 17 mg/L with mean value of 9.0 ± 3.7 mg/L. Fluoride was enriched up to 3-, 54-, 69- and 244-folds in the urine, soil, dust and rock, respectively. The cluster and factor analysis models were used to apportion sources of F- and other elements in the water.