Fluoride in Drinking Water, 2002, EPA
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Academic
Most people associate fluoride with the practice of intentionally adding fluoride to public drinking water supplies for the prevention of tooth decay.
However, fluoride can also enter public water systems from natural sources, including runoff from the weathering of fluoride-containing rocks and soils and leaching from soil into groundwater. Fluoride pollution from various industrial emissions can also contaminate water supplies. In a few areas of the United States fluoride concentrations in water are much higher than normal, mostly from natural sources.
Fluoride is one of the drinking water contaminants regulated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) because it can occur at these toxic levels. In 1986, the EPA established a maximum allowable concentration for fluoride in drinking water of 4 milligrams per liter, a guideline designed to prevent the public from being exposed to harmful levels of fluoride. Fluoride in Drinking Water reviews research on various health effects from exposure to fluoride, including studies conducted in the last 10 years.
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- Drinking Water
- Pollution
- Chemicals
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What to do if Fluoride levels R higher than 4 mg/ltr? What R the remedies.
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Fluoride in DRINKING water is a major problem in central India.The PEOPLE HAVE NO DRINKING WATER then if they are getting any water they have to DRINK the Water.In Government water distributing centers also have more FLUORIDE than people can Drink.who is bothered about all this Problems.First Water for the people in Needs.The River Linking will make change in Distribution and naturally we can think of SAFE DRINKING WATER.
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We know the problems about fluorine in water supplies in India. We will be at New Delhi next october introducing the new technology HINDROP developped by TAGUA.
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