The almost exclusive focus on the multiple violent insurgencies in Assam has ensured that no other issue catches the policymakers' eye. Fluorosis is not even a perceived threat in Assamese society, even as it slowly assumes uncontrollable proportions. Today, over 100,000 people in Assam suffer from hydrofluorosis
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/opinion/under-siege
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/nava-thakuria
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/down-earth
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/groundwater-pollution
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drinking-water
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-care
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fluorosis
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/who
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/assam