HYDERABAD: Hand-pump, a convenient contraption for drawing groundwater, particularly in rural areas with little or no surface water supply, has led to a spurt in fluorosis disease in several States, including Andhra Pradesh.
A team of doctors and scientists of the Geological Survey of India and the National Institute of Nutrition, which has been monitoring the intensity of fluorosis in the ende
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