Dear Doug Cragoe,

Please find herewith the fluoride victims in India.

1. The number of people affected by fluorosis, which causes dental problems,
gastroenteritis and crippling, is estimated at an appailing 25 million
UNICEF, 1995.

2. An estimated 62 million people in India in 17 out of 32 states are affected
with dental, skeletal / or non-skeletal fluorosis.
A.K. Susheela, Current Science 27 (1999), 1250

3. You may read also our latest finding of fluorosis in Assam a new addition to
arsenic garland.
Fluorosis in Assam - India. D. Chakraborti, C.R. Chanda, G. Samanta, U. K.
Chowdhury, S.C.Mukherjee, A.B. Pal, B. Sharma, K.J. Mahanta, H.A. Ahmed and B.
Sing. Current Science, 78(12), 1421-1423, 2000.

Sincerely yours,

Dipankar Chakraborti
Director and Head
School of Environmental Studies
Jadavpur University
Calcutta – 700 032, India
Tel: 91 33 4735233
Fax: 91 33 4734266
Email: dcsoesju@...




Doug Cragoe wrote:

> Thanks for your reply. I've received several from other researchers.
>
> I know this is a bit off the subject, but I would like to get your comments
> on fluoride contamination in India. I know you have the Fluorosis Research
> & Rural Development Foundation headed by Dr. Susheela. Do you agree with
> her estimates of skeletal fluorosis? I've heard over a million people have
> skeletal fluorosis in India. Some estimates are several million. The
> number with some form of fluorosis (skeletal or dental) is much higher I
> imagine.
>
> If you add up all the countries with skeletal fluorosis, would it be fair to
> say that millions are affected by this worldwide?
>
> -Doug Cragoe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: School of Environmental Studies [mailto:dcsoesju@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 2:18 AM
> To: Doug Cragoe
> Cc: arsenic-source@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [arsenic-source] Fluoride & arsenic?
>
> Dear Doug Cragoe,
>
> The geology of Deltaic Region i.e. the arsenic contaminated areas of West
> Bengal and Bangladesh is
> not prone for fluoride contamination. We also analyzed few hundred water
> samples for fluoride from
> delta area and none of them found contaminated. Only in West Bengal
> non-deltaic area like Bankura,
> Birbhum are to some extent fluoride contaminated and also we expect fluoride
> in Bangladesh close to
> north, that is areas bordering with fluoride contaminated Asam.
> Sincerely yours,
>
> Dipankar Chakraborti
> Director and Head
> School of Environmental Studies
> Jadavpur University
> Calcutta – 700 032, India
> Tel: 91 33 4735233
> Fax: 91 33 4734266
> Email: dcsoesju@...
>
> Doug Cragoe wrote:
>
> > Well water usually contains high levels of minerals, including fluoride.
> > I'm curious whether fluoride levels were also checked in areas where high
> > levels of arsenic were found. Is there any relationship here? My searches
> of
> > the discussion groups have turned up very little on this subject.
> >
> > In India fluoride contamination from well water is a big problem. I
> wonder
> > if fluoride could be contributing to the ill health effects caused by the
> > arsenic. For example, skin rashes attributed to arsenic could also be
> > caused or made more serious by fluoride. A couple years ago a scientific
> > conference in China focused specifically on the problems of arsenic and
> > fluoride.
> >
> >
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> > For info on the arsenic crisis in West Bengal (India) & Bangladesh, visit
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> >
> >
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