Socio-Economic Differences in Public View Associated with the Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Case Study of Mundaragi Taluk, Gadag District, Karnataka, India

Aswini Arali¹, K. Lokesh¹, Manjappa S² and Suresh B^3,

¹Department of Civil Engineering, Tontadarya College of Engineering Gadag-582101, Karnataka, India

²Department of Chemistry, University BDT College of Engineering, Davangere-577005, Karnataka, India

³Department of Civil Engineering, Bapuji Institute of Engineering & Technology, Davangere-577 005, Karnataka, India

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Aswini Arali, K. Lokesh, Manjappa S and Suresh B. Socio-Economic Differences in Public View Associated with the Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Case Study of Mundaragi Taluk, Gadag District, Karnataka, India. Journal of Environment Pollution and Human Health. 2021; 9(2):44-49. doi: 10.12691/jephh-9-2-3

Abstract

The aim of the present work is to understand the socio-economic status of rural region of the Mundaragi taluk of Gadag district, associated with the effect of fluoride in drinking water. Research Approaches: to develop and create an awareness water quality with reference to fluoride content and significance of fluorosis disease. Some innovative and best practices have been adopted in and around the study area keeping in mind that “Supply of good quality of water”. The present study was conducted to figure out the association between the socio-economic differences of defendants and fluorosis in out of twenty five fluorosis-identified villages of Gadag district in Karnataka. It was noticed that 100 percent of the defendants were suffering from various degree of skeletal and dental fluorosis. Mundaragi taluk of Gadag district is more affected by fluoride where 3.28 mg/litre level of fluoride polluted tube well is identified and by using such polluted water a comfortable of people are suffering from dental, skeletal and non-skeletal fluorosis diseases. In the present study, group of family survey has been conducted to find out socio-economic properties of the affected communities and the type of fluorosis diseases associated by the public. The survey results predict that out of total fluorosis patients, dental and skeletal fluorosis are maximum which are 55% and 38% respectively. Statistical approach indicates that people of less than 20 years age are more suffering from dental fluorosis and people above 20 years age group are more suffering by skeletal and dissimilar non skeletal fluorosis diseases.

Keywords:
socio-economic fluoride community public view attitude

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