Study of Fluoride concentration in food items and milk samples of selected places of Haryana state

Dr. Sonia Yadav; Dr. Nagendra Bhardwaj

Volume : VII, Issue : III, March - 2017

Study of Fluoride concentration in food items and milk samples of selected places of Haryana state

Dr. Sonia Yadav, Dr. Nagendra Bhardwaj

Abstract :

Rural population of India is largely depending on groundwater as a major and preferred source of drinking water. Due to the various ecological, nature and anthropogenic factors, the groundwater is getting increasingly polluted. Fluoride is a major inorganic pollutant of natural origin found is groundwater. Besides, drinking water, crops grown in endemic regions also serve as source of fluoride. Extensive study was carried out in the study area focusing on the fluoride content in crops, vegetables and milk samples. The samples of crops, vegetables and milk were collected from villages having high fluoride content. Fluoride uptake and accumulation studies were also conducted on them in the laboratory. Leafy vegetables like onion and mustard leaves were found to have high fluoride content. In milk, fluoride content was low in all the samples. However, highest concentration was recorded in cow’s milk (8.25 mg/ml) of Garhi village and lowest concentration in goat’s milk (1.23 mg/ml) of Dharan village.