The occurrence of elevated concentrations of fluoride in the drinking water supply in many
regions of the world has caused widespread prevalence of dental and skeletal fluorosis. In …

Chronic exposure to geogenic contaminated groundwaters (GCGs) has caused serious
health problems among billions of people worldwide. The hydrogeological features, main …

Groundwater is a major source of drinking water for millions of people around the world.
Over 400 million people in Africa depend solely on it as their main source of water supply …

Groundwater is the major source of drinking water supply in the bulk of African urban and
rural communities. However, groundwater in some parts of the African countries contains …

Access to safe and clean drinking water is a major challenge for the people living around the
Ahero Irrigation Scheme (AIS), Kenya. Water sources in the area are constantly and …

A total of 1 917 publications of drinking water research in Africa from 1991 to 2013 were
identified from the data hosted in online version of SCI-Expanded, Thomson Reuters Web of …

Critical data on the impacts of fluoride (F) in food systems along the Eastern Africa Rift Valley
System (EARS) is needed for public health risk assessment and for the development of …

Recent research on fluoride in water primarily focuses on groundwater; however, the
potential environmental risks of fluoride in urban rivers should not be overlooked. In 2023 …

Many “hot spot” geographic areas across the world with drinking water co-contaminated with
inorganic arsenic (iAs) and fluoride (F-), two of the most common natural contaminants in …

Fluorides are compounds that can be found in the minerals of soil with volcanic rocks.
Different populations are exposed to high levels of fluorides through drinking water that, due …