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Geochemical Assessment of Fluoride Pollution in Groundwater of Tribal Region in India

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This study assessed the fluoride (F−) pollution in groundwater samples (n = 170) of tribal regions around Bailadila Iron Ore Mines [BIOM] Complex of Dantewada District, India. Weathering of carbonate and silicate clays were important geogenic sources of dissolved ions. A Piper diagram showed a Ca–HCO3 water type, with positive chloro-alkaline indices illustrating the occurrence of direct base-exchange reactions. The F− concentrations varied from 0.08 to 1.95 mg L−1 with a mean value of 0.9 ± 0.3 mg L−1. Only two groundwater samples showed F− concentrations > 1.5 mg L−1, the drinking water guideline established by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). Factor analysis showed high loadings of HCO3− and F−, indicating alkaline conditions, favoring the dissolution of F− in the groundwater. The K fluor value is less than 10−10.6, indicating that the dissociation of fluorite is very slow. As a result, groundwater locations were under-saturated with respect to fluorite.

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The authors thank the Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD), Government of India for funding the research work of Manish Kumar (15MT000176), Nikki Chanda (15MT000684) and Abhay Kumar (15MT000418). We are also grateful to the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad for providing logistic support and technical details to carry out field monitoring and laboratory analysis.

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    Anshumali, Manish Kumar, Nikki Chanda, Abhay Kumar, Bijendra Kumar & Madavi Venkatesh

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Anshumali, Kumar, M., Chanda, N. et al. Geochemical Assessment of Fluoride Pollution in Groundwater of Tribal Region in India. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 100, 421–429 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-017-2267-3

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