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Groundwater fluoride contamination and its possible health implications in Indi taluk of Vijayapura District (Karnataka State), India

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Groundwater fluoride concentration and fluoride-related health problems were studied in twenty-two villages of Indi taluk of Vijayapura district, Karnataka, India. Present study (2015) was also used to compare groundwater fluoride concentration in same 22 villages with previous government report (2000). Groundwater fluoride concentrations of 62 bore wells of 22 villages were analyzed by using an ion-sensitive electrode. A total of 660 adults and 600 children were screened for fluorosis symptoms and signs. Sixty clinically suspected fluorosis patients’ urine samples were further analyzed for fluoride. The mean value (1.22 ± 0.75 mg/L) of fluoride concentration of 62 bore wells and 54.83 % bore wells with ≥1.0 mg/L of fluoride concentrations in Indi taluk indicates higher than the permissible limit of drinking water fluoride concentration recommended for India. Clinical symptoms like arthritis, joint pains, gastrointestinal discomfort and lower limb deformities with high urinary fluoride concentrations in some subjects suggest fluorosis. Results also showed an increase in groundwater fluoride concentration of the same 22 villages between previous and present study. Preliminary arthritis symptom of the villagers could be due to drinking fluoride-contaminated water. Increase in fluoride concentration with time to the bore wells definitely indicates future danger.

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Acknowledgments

Authors deeply acknowledge all the villagers of twenty-two villages of Indi taluk of Vijayapura district (Karnataka), India, for their great supports to carry out this work. Authors also express their gratitude to BLDE University, Vijayapura, India (BLDE University Research Grants Ref. No. BLDEU/REG/R&D/2013-14/1743 dated 10.3.2014) and BLDE Association’s V.P. Dr. P.G. Halakatti College of Engineering and Technology, Vijayapura, India, for providing funds and other supports to carry out the project. Supports from School of Environmental Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, and Geological Survey of India, Bangalore, India, are also greatly acknowledged.

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  1. Department of Community Medicine, BLDE University’s Shri B. M. Patil Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Vijayapura, Karnataka, 586103, India

    Vidyavati Ugran, Kallappa A. Masali & Shailaja S. Patil

  2. Department of General Medicine, BLDE University’s Shri B. M. Patil Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Vijayapura, Karnataka, 586103, India

    Prakash Mantur

  3. Department of Orthopedics, BLDE University’s Shri B. M. Patil Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Vijayapura, Karnataka, 586103, India

    Shreepad Kulkarni

  4. Department of Dermatology & Venereology, BLDE University’s Shri B. M. Patil Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Vijayapura, Karnataka, 586103, India

    Niranjan Deshmukh

  5. Department of E.N.T., BLDE University’s Shri B. M. Patil Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Vijayapura, Karnataka, 586103, India

    Suresh P. Guggarigoudar

  6. Department of Surgery, BLDE University’s Shri B. M. Patil Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Vijayapura, Karnataka, 586103, India

    Tejaswini Vallabha

  7. Laboratory of Vascular Physiology & Medicine, Department of Physiology, BLDE University’s Shri B. M. Patil Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Vijayapura, Karnataka, 586103, India

    Kusal K. Das

  8. Department of Civil Engineering, BLDE Association’s V.P. Dr. P.G. Halakatti College of Engineering & Technology, Vijayapura, Karnataka, 586103, India

    Naveen N. Desai, Anuradha S. Tanksali & Asha S. Arwikar

  9. Department of Chemistry, BLDE Association’s V.P. Dr. P.G. Halakatti College of Engineering & Technology, Vijayapura, Karnataka, 586103, India

    Kailash S. Chadchan & Swastika N. Das

  10. School of Environmental Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 700032, India

    Dipankar Chakraborti

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Ugran, V., Desai, N.N., Chakraborti, D. et al. Groundwater fluoride contamination and its possible health implications in Indi taluk of Vijayapura District (Karnataka State), India. Environ Geochem Health 39, 1017–1029 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-016-9869-2

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