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This document  was prepared by the Central Pollution Control Board in its report entitled 'Scheme for Zoning

This site by the World Health Organisation (WHO) provides access to water and sanitation related disease fact sheets, which provide information on the disease and how it affects people, the causes, distribution, scope of the problem and th

What is fluoride removal? 

What is flouride?

Fluoride is one of the chemical compounds that are present in the water and soil. These fluorides are organic and inorganic compounds containing the element fluorine.

What is fluorosis?

Fluorosis is a pathological condition which results from an excessive intake of fluorine, usually from drinking water. There is no medical cure or treatment for fluorosis. Prevention is the only cure.

Basic course on water quality management

The course starts from the basics of what fluoride is, sources of fluoride intake, how fluoride enters water and the symptoms of fluorosis. It explains the ways of solving this problem with a special emphasis on rainwater harvesting as a source of uncontaminated drinking water.

This manual by the UNICEF contains a synthesis of the knowledge UNICEF and its partners have gained over the last ten years in arsenic mitigation programmes in Asia, including information on the occurrence and effect

This manual by the Pan American Center for Sanitary Engineering and Environmental Sciences (CEPIS/PAHO), under the aegis of the World Health Organisation (WHO), provides extensive information on various m

This manual is a self-instructional publication of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), as part of its case studies in environmental medicine series.