Fluoride Concentration in Ground Water Around an Aluminium Smelter Plant (A Case Study) in Angul–Talcher Industrial Belt, Odisha, India

Abstract

Abstract:Fluoride is the naturally-occurring stable form of the gaseous element fluorine (F). Fluoride is among the top 15 most abundant components on the Earth's crust [21] and is naturally found in very small amounts in most aquifers in India [23]. An aquifer is an underground unit of saturated earth materials that can provide usable quantities of ground water to a well [5]. This paper gives the result of fluoride measurement in ground water around a major Aluminium smelter plant in India. The concentration of different water quality parameters like pH, electrical conductivity, total alkalinity, bicarbonate, chloride, nitrate, sulfate, total hardness, total dissolved salts, calcium and magnesium are estimated along with fluoride in ground water. Over 216 water samples are taken for analysis for a period of 12 months. The paper also reports the result of correlation coefficient between different water quality parameters.

A Survey to Assess the Mental Health Problems and Coping Strategies Amongst the Jail Inmates in a Selected Jail in Delhi

“…[2] In Angul and Talcher jails stress, anxiety and depression were among the most frequently reported problems. [3] Maladaptive and ineffective coping mechanisms such as anger and internalization are common among prisoners with psychiatric disorders. [4] Syed Rabiya, Vijaya Raghavan did a review of 12 research in which the prevalence of mental disorders and drug abuse in prisons, clinical features, and factors affecting mental health in Indian prisons were analysed and it concluded saying that the number of studies in India related to the prevalence of mental health is comparatively less as compared to other countries.…”