Fluoride in the environment: sources, distribution and defluoridation

M Vithanage, P Bhattacharya - Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2015 - Springer
Fluoride is one of the most widespread groundwater pollutant. More than 200 million people,
from 25 nations, are suffering from fluorosis. This review presents an overview of fluoride …

[HTML][HTML] Fluoride contamination in groundwater: A global review of the status, processes, challenges, and remedial measures

E Shaji, KV Sarath, M Santosh, PK Krishnaprasad… - Geoscience …, 2024 - Elsevier
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 …

Controls on the genesis of some high-fluoride groundwaters in India

G Jacks, P Bhattacharya, V Chaudhary, KP Singh - Applied geochemistry, 2005 - Elsevier
India has an increasing incidence of fluorosis, dental and skeletal, with some 62 million
people at risk. High fluoride groundwaters are present especially in the hard rock areas …

Fluoride dynamics in the granitic aquifer of the Wailapally watershed, Nalgonda District, India

DV Reddy, P Nagabhushanam, BS Sukhija… - Chemical …, 2010 - Elsevier
High concentrations of fluoride (up to 7.6 mg/L) are a recognized feature of the Wailapally
granitic aquifer of Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh, India. The basement rocks provide …

Rainwater chemistry at a regional representative urban site: influence of terrestrial sources on ionic composition

PC Mouli, SV Mohan, SJ Reddy - Atmospheric environment, 2005 - Elsevier
In the present investigation, the rainwater chemistry is studied over a one year period at a
regional representative urban site, Tirupati. A continuous record of 67 events were included …

Major ion chemistry of the Yarlung Tsangpo–Brahmaputra river: chemical weathering, erosion, and CO2 consumption in the southern Tibetan plateau and eastern …

MT Hren, CP Chamberlain, GE Hilley… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2007 - Elsevier
The Yarlung Tsangpo–Brahmaputra river drains a large portion of the Himalaya and
southern Tibetan plateau, including the eastern Himalayan syntaxis, one of the most …

Corrosion mechanisms of Zn (Mg, Al) coated steel in accelerated tests and natural exposure: 1. The role of electrolyte composition in the nature of corrosion products …

MS Azevedo, C Allély, K Ogle, P Volovitch - Corrosion Science, 2015 - Elsevier
The corrosion rates and the nature of the corrosion products on Zn, ZnAl and ZnMgAl
coatings on steel are determined for field exposures and for accelerated tests using different …

Chemical composition of rainwater and dustfall at Bhubaneswar in the east coast of India

R Das, SN Das, VN Misra - Atmospheric Environment, 2005 - Elsevier
Chemical composition of rainwater and dustfall was studied in two different stations of
Bhubaneswar, located in the east coast of India. A wet-only and a bulk collector were placed …

Impact of urbanization on the hydrology of Ganga Basin (India)

AK Misra - Water resources management, 2011 - Springer
Large scale emigrations from rural areas to urban areas and population growth have been
uninterrupted and accelerating phenomena in parts of Ganga basin, where urbanization is …

[PDF][PDF] Nature and sources of ionic species in precipitation across the Indo-Gangetic Plains, India

S Tiwari, PK Hopke, D Thimmaiah, UC Dumka… - Aerosol and Air Quality …, 2016 - aaqr.org
ABSTRACTThe spatial distribution of rainwater chemistry over the densely-populated and
highly polluted Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) was investigated using samples (total= 687) …