Improvement of the quality of life through safe drinking water & poverty alleviation

Conference · Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1997

OSTI ID:577263

Susheela, A K ^[1]

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1. Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission, New Delhi (India)

Fluorosis, a crippling disease caused by ingesting excess fluoride in drinking water, is a public health problem, affecting people in 20 nations in the world. One of the worst public health problems in the history of mankind known to have occurred and reported about 6 decades ago strangely enough the disease continue to be afflicting millions of people in India, Africa and China with all its severity even during the turn of the century. The present report describes the disease characteristics and the devastating manner in which the disease affects children and adults. The need to bring this to the attention of policy, makers, has been attempted.

• OSTI ID: 577263
• Report Number(s): CONF-970522-; TRN: 98:000898-0054
• Resource Relation: Conference: 8. global warming international conference and expo, New York, NY (United States), 25-28 May 1997; Other Information: PBD: 1997; Related Information: Is Part Of 8th Global warming international conference and exposition; PB: 156 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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