Groundwater fluoride contamination in Ghana and the associated human health risks: Any sustainable mitigation measures to curtail the long term hazards?

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dc.authoridSunkari, Emmanuel Daanoba/0000-0002-0898-2286
dc.contributor.authorSunkari, Emmanuel Daanoba
dc.contributor.authorAdams, Salaam Jansbaka
dc.contributor.authorOkyere, Moses Boakye
dc.contributor.authorBhattacharya, Prosun
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-07T13:35:06Z
dc.date.available2024-11-07T13:35:06Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.departmentNiğde Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThis study reviewed groundwater fluoride and the associated human health risks in Ghana. The physical and chemical properties of fluorine that make it soluble in the soil and aquifer materials were carefully reviewed. The pathways through which fluoride gets into groundwater were also reviewed. Fluoride concentrations in groundwater can be as high as 67 mg/L. Its natural concentration in water depends largely on the nature of the geologic formations; fluoride-bearing minerals, anion exchange capacity of aquifer materials (OH- for F-), pH, temperature and residence time of waters within a particular formation. High F- concentrations in groundwater are due to geogenic and anthropogenic sources. The fluorosis endemic parts of Ghana are only restricted to northern Ghana, where elevated groundwater fluoride concentrations (0.05-13.29 mg/L) in the North East Region, Northern Region, Upper East Region, and surrounding communities have been reported. The elevated groundwater fluoride concentrations are as a result of intense water-rock interaction, ion exchange reactions, and mineral dissolution from the Bongo Granitoids and Voltaian sediments. Children in the fluorosis endemic parts of Ghana are exposed to the intake of more fluoridated water than the other age groups and thus, children have higher non-carcinogenic risks. Although, almost all the age groups show evidence of dental fluorosis, children are the hypersensitive population. It is recommended that sustainable defluoridation methods such as adsorption, precipitation, membrane separation and ion exchange techniques be employed to curtail the menace of dental fluorosis.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.gsd.2021.100715
dc.identifier.issn2352-801X
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85121302790
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsd.2021.100715
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11480/16340
dc.identifier.volume16
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000748657300010
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.ispartofGroundwater For Sustainable Development
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_20241106
dc.subjectDefluoridation techniques
dc.subjectDental fluorosis
dc.subjectFluoride contamination
dc.subjectGroundwater
dc.subjectNorthern Ghana
dc.subjectSustainable fluoride mitigation
dc.titleGroundwater fluoride contamination in Ghana and the associated human health risks: Any sustainable mitigation measures to curtail the long term hazards?
dc.typeReview Article

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