Groundwater fluoride contamination, probable release, and containment mechanisms: a review on Indian context

• Published in: Environmental geochemistry and health Vol. 40; no. 6; pp. 2259 - 2301
• Main Authors: Mukherjee, Indrani, Singh, Umesh Kumar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.12.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Anthropogenic factors; Aquifers; Arid regions; Availability; Bioaccumulation; Capacity; climatic factors; Containment; Contaminants; Contamination; drinking; Drinking water; Earth and Environmental Science; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; Fluorides; Fluorosis; Geochemistry; Geology; Groundwater; groundwater contamination; Groundwater pollution; Groundwater quality; human health; humans; Hydrogeology; India; Ingestion; ion exchange; Leaching; Public Health; Residence time; Review Paper; risk; Semiarid zones; Soil Science & Conservation; Terrestrial Pollution; Toxicity; Water pollution; Water quality; Water resources; Weathering; India; Hydrogeochemistry; Fluorosis; Groundwater; Geology; Mobility; Fluoride contamination; Microbial dissolution of minerals

Fluoride contamination in the groundwater has got great attention in last few decades due to their toxicity, persistent capacity and accumulation in human bodies. There are several sources of fluoride in the environment and different pathways to enter in the drinking water resources, which is respon...