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Groundwater fluoride contamination in Ghana and the associated human health risks: Any sustainable mitigation measures to curtail the long term hazards?
Univ Mines & Technol, Fac Geosci & Environm Studies, Dept Geol Engn, POB 237, Tarkwa, Ghana.;Nigde Omer Halisdemir Univ, Fac Engn, Dept Geol Engn, Main Campus, TR-51240 Nigde, Turkey..
Univ Environm & Sustainable Dev, Sch Nat & Environm Sci, Somanya, Eastern Region, Ghana.;Univ Ghana, Coll Basic & Appl Sci, Sch Nucl & Allied Sci, POB LG 80, Legon, Accra, Ghana..
Univ Mines & Technol, Fac Geosci & Environm Studies, Dept Geol Engn, POB 237, Tarkwa, Ghana..
KTH, School of Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE), Sustainable development, Environmental science and Engineering, Water and Environmental Engineering.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4350-9950
2022 (English)In: GROUNDWATER FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, ISSN 2352-801X, Vol. 16, article id 100715Article, review/survey (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This 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.

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Elsevier BV , 2022. Vol. 16, article id 100715
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Defluoridation techniques, Dental fluorosis, Fluoride contamination, Groundwater, Northern Ghana, Sustainable fluoride mitigation
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-309074DOI: 10.1016/j.gsd.2021.100715ISI: 000748657300010Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85121302790OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-309074DiVA, id: diva2:1640971
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Available from: 2022-02-28 Created: 2022-02-28 Last updated: 2022-06-25Bibliographically approved

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