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 …

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 …

Measurement of NO2, HNO3, NH3 and SO2 and related particulate matter at a rural site in Rampur, India

A Gupta, R Kumar, KM Kumari, SS Srivastava - Atmospheric Environment, 2003 - Elsevier
This paper presents the measurements of gaseous SO2, NO2, HNO3 and NH3 and
particulate NH4+, NO3− and SO42− at Rampur, a rural site of semi-arid region of India and …

Production of Ultrafine PVDF Nanofiber-/Nanonet-based air filters via the electroblowing technique by employing PEG as a pore-forming agent

A Toptaş, MD Çalışır, A Kılıç - ACS omega, 2023 - ACS Publications
Particles with diameters smaller than 2.5 μm (PM2. 5) can penetrate the respiratory system
and have negative impacts on human health. Filter media with a porous surface and …

Fluoride: A world ubiquitous compound, its chemistry, and ways of contamination

V Sivasankar, A Darchen, K Omine… - Surface modified carbons …, 2016 - Springer
Fluoride, an incompatible lithophile and the most electronegative element, forms a number
of soluble, pH-dependent formation of complexes with polyvalent metal ions in water. The …

Fluoride contamination in groundwater, impacts, and their potential remediation techniques

M Yadav, G Singh, RN Jadeja - … geochemistry: Pollution and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Groundwater fluoride contamination has gained the wide attention of researchers in the
recent era due to its toxicity, persistent nature, and bioaccumulation. Several pathways input …

[PDF][PDF] Water soluble ionic species in atmospheric aerosols: Concentrations and sources at Agra in the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP)

A Satsangi, T Pachauri, V Singla, A Lakhani… - Aerosol and Air Quality …, 2013 - aaqr.org
ABSTRACTThis study presents a comprehensive set of 2 years of data (January 2009–
December 2010) on the chemical composition of ambient aerosols collected at a university …

Fluoride in drinking water: health effects and remediation

M Vithanage, P Bhattacharya - CO2 sequestration, biofuels and …, 2015 - Springer
Fluoride at low concentration is an essential element for dental health. However
groundwater in many countries has exceeding concentrations of fluoride, which poses a …

Aerosol filtration performance of nanofibrous mats produced via electrically assisted industrial‐scale solution blowing

M Gungor, A Toptas, MD Calisir… - Polymer Engineering & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Highly efficient polyamide 6 (PA6)‐based nanofibrous air filter media was
developed for particulate matter (PM) removal in the ambient atmosphere. The PA6 …

Atmospheric deposition of nitrogen, sulfur and chloride in Thessaloniki, Greece

C Anatolaki, R Tsitouridou - Atmospheric Research, 2007 - Elsevier
In the present study, the wet and dry depositions of particulate NO3−, SO42−, Cl− and NH4+
were measured using a wet/dry sampler as a surrogate surface. Gas phase compounds of …