Category: Improving access to safe drinking water_prospection for low-fluoride sources Groundwater

  • New Arsenic & Fluoride mapping tool

    New Arsenic & Fluoride mapping tool

    The Eawag “Groundwater Assessment Platform”, funded by SDC, is now live: http://www.gapmaps.org/ “Over 300 million people worldwide use groundwater contaminated with arsenic or fluoride as a source of drinking water. The Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) has developed a method whereby the risk of contamination in a given area can be…

  • End of project workshop summary: Prospection for low-fluoride sources in Ethiopia

    End of project workshop summary: Prospection for low-fluoride sources in Ethiopia

    Report fluoride – Brief Report presenting main findings The “Improving access to safe drinking water_prospection for low-fluoride sources Groundwater“ Catalyst project has released a summary report of the main findings, presented in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in August.

  • Fluoridation vs. fluorosis: two faces of the same medal

    reposted with permission from http://www.thewaterchannel.tv/thewaterblog Posted by Sara Datturi June 30, 2014 Fluorine (F2 of F) is the element  # 9 in the Periodic Table. Due to its high reactivity, it is not found freely in nature, but it often combines with other elements. For instance, F represents 0.064% of the earth crust’s mass.  In…

  • Fluoride in Groundwater: A debilitating scourge

    Webinar hosted by TheWaterChannel Speakers: Dr Seifu Kebede, Sara Datturi Watch recording Part 1: Dr Seifu Kebede- Genesis of Fluoride in Groundwater in Ethiopia Part 2: Sara Datturi- Fluorosis Mitigation in Ethiopian Central Rift Valley Part 3: Q and A session

  • “FLUORIDE IN GROUNDWATER: A DEBILITATING SCOURGE” Catalyst Project Webinar, 2 May

    UPDATED 9 MAY Watch recording Part 1: Dr Seifu Kebede- Genesis of Fluoride in Groundwater in Ethiopia Part 2: Sara Datturi- Fluorosis Mitigation in Ethiopian Central Rift Valley Part 3: Q and A session Fluorine is an element abundant in nature. In the right quantities, it is essential for the development of teeth and bones.…

  • UPGro research paper on Sketetal Fluorosis in Ethiopia

    New paper by Redda Tekle-Haimanot, Gebeyehu Haile, part of the “Improving access to safe drinking water_prospection for low-fluoride sources Groundwater” Catalyst Project ABSTRACT This study compared the occurrence of skeletal fluorosis in chronic consumers of locally brewed alcoholic beverages and their matched controls in the Ethiopian Rift Valley. The study revealed that chronic alcohol consumers…