2020
DOI: 10.21203/rs.2.21560/v1
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Assessing the challenges of utilizing fluoride filtered water and its factors, in Ethiopian central rift valley, Dugda district, Oromia region, south west Ethiopia,2019: A cross sectional study.

Abstract: Background: The high level of fluoride in the Rift Valley water is due to naturally occurring fluoride that dissolves out of certain acidic volcanic rock formations. However, the utilization of drinking fluoride filtered water with appropriate level of fluoride provides more than 60% of fluoride required by the body. Dugda district is one of the parts of Ethiopian central rift valley(ECRV) that have high fluoride up to 14mg/l in their groundwater source. There are 11 village sized de-fluoridation schemes in Du… Show more

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