Assessment of fluoride retention in jowar consuming population: A cross-sectional study

Abstract

Jowar consuming population was positively associated with severity of dental fluorosis.

Estimation of fluoride uptake in soil and staple food crops produced in highly fluoridated and non-fluoridated regions of Raichur District, Karnataka

“…This could be due to the crops in fluoridated area were irrigated with ground water that already contained high amounts of fluoride. Hence soil which contained high amount of fluoride can be more acidic[ 9 ] and due to arid[ 18 ] or, semi-arid[ 19 ] conditions the pH of soil was also altered. [ 20 ] Therefore soils under such features can occur in ionic form, rendering it less alkaline and more acidic in nature.…”

“…The association between the intake of jowar, redgram[ 23 ] and rice[ 14 ] with dental fluorosis severity and skeletal fluorosis has been studied. [ 9 19 ] But there is no previous study of increase fluoride content in redgram by correlating with soil fluoride levels as per our knowledge.…”

“…As fluoride cannot be eliminated entirely from the human diet, due to its ubiquitous nature, but the concentration can be lowered by defluoridation techniques and adopting different water sources other than ground water for drinking, soil irrigation and various other purposes. [ 19 26 ]…”