Fluoride in ground water: a comment on'fluorine contamination in ground water: a major challenge' published in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, (2011) 173, 955-968

摘要

The objective of this paper is to highlight the erroneous map used in depicting the sampling locations, reported high fluoride values, and other minor mistakes published by Dar et al. (2011) for the benefit of the scientific community. It is estimated that about 80 % of the diseases in the world are attributed to poor quality of drinking water, and fluoride contamination in drinking water is responsible for 65 % of endemic fluorosis in the world (WHO 1984). Fluorosis is a non curable disease so far, and its severity depends on the fluoride concentration and the intake. In India, more than 90 % of the villages use groundwater for drinking and 50 % of these sources are contaminated with fluoride. In fact, a prevalence of dental fluorosis is responsible to affect more than 40 million people in India (Karthikeyan et al. 2005). Therefore,