Poison shooter

Foul waters

Skeletal existence

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

In short

Free from fluorides

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

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

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

Beware flurosis is zeroing in on you

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

NHRC orders relief payment to seven children who suffered fluorosis after drinking water

Human rights commission rules that children's basic right to clean drinking water had been violated

Toxic spread

Arsenic contamination detected in Lucknow

Village of woe

The water woes of Patti Pachgai village in Uttar Pradesh are being compounded by the incompetent responses of the state government and local NGOs.…

Public health and health care still poor in Assam

Despite a good beginning, 14 years of Tarun Gogoi’s rule have failed to deliver desired results in healthcare

Tulsi Fights Fluorosis

Fluoride levels in drinking water in 196 districts of 19 Indian states are much higher than the maximum concentration of 1.5 parts per million (…

Manna from heaven

Delhi is at the mercy of its riparian neighbours for water. Experts now say, water harvesting might be a step in the right direction towards …

India's groundwater is flooded with fluoride

Fluoride is an acute toxin, with a rating slightly higher than lead. It is, in fact, one of the most bone-seeking elements known to human beings. …

Reason to smile

Tamarind enhances urinary excretion of fluoride

Talking about fluorosis

Participants failed to come up with workable solutions at a recent international conference on fluorosis

Fluoride for a meal

Bacteria to help tackle fluorosis