The Health Ministry will set up notices near wells in the Anuradhapura district to assist people identify safe wells to drink water. This has been done to protect people from skeletal fluorosis and dental fluorosis, a ministry spokesman said.
According to the spokesman, the ministry conducted a study on drinking wells in the Anuradhapura district recently and found that water in some wells were unsafe for drinking.
“The study covered 29,777 drinking water wells and discovered that 2,985 wells had over two mgs of fluoride in one litre of water. The normal and healthy value is less than 0.7 mg of fluoride for one litre of drinking water,” the spokesman said.
Around 13,939 wells had safe drinking water with low fluoride value. The value of fluoride found in another 12,863 wells was between 0.7 and 2 which is safe. The ministry will put up name boards on wells which have safe drinking water, the spokesman said.
Excessive intake of fluoride cause skeletal fluorosis and dental fluorosis. Skeletal fluorosis harm bones and dental fluorosis cause abnormal and discoloured teeth. The Health Ministry will also make arrangements to treat youth in Anuradhapura who have discoloured teeth by applying composite on them. That will be done by two teams of doctors.
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