Geofizika, Vol. 31 No. 2, 2014.
Original scientific paper
Fluoride-induced impact of aluminium industrial power plant on plants and human inhabiting areas
Prem Chandra Pandey
; University of Leicester, Centre for Landscape and Climate Research, Department of Geography, Leicester, United Kingdom
Pavan Kumar
orcid.org/0000-0003-3653-8163
; Banasthali University, Department of Remote Sensing, Newai, Rajasthan, India
Meenu Rani
; Project Directorate for Farming Systems Research, Modipuram, Meerut, UP, India
Swati Katiyar
; Banasthali University, Department of Remote Sensing, Newai, Rajasthan, India
Vandana Tomar
; Haryana Institute of Public Administration, Gurgaon, India
Abstract
Fluorine is a highly reactive common element that does not occur in nature in the elemental state. It exists in the form of fluorides and accounts for about 0.3 g/kg of the Earth’s crust. Generally, it is found in the form of a number of minerals like fluorspar, cryolite and fluor-apatite. Fluoride has both positive and negative effects on individual health. Fluoride, in the form of fluorspar and cryo- lite is distributed extensively in the lithosphere, and is renowned as the thir- teenth most common among elements in the earth’s crust. Hydrogen fluorides in gaseous form accumulate in the leaves of generally sensitive plants against a concentration gradient and therefore, considered as a most phytotoxic air pollut- ant and affects plants at extremely low concentration. As per our study, it is found that the fluoride impacts on fauna are in normal condition, but in coming times it may have adverse impact on fauna and flora of surroundings of Hindalco Industries Limited.
Keywords
fluoride; human health; detrimental effects; social aspects
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134939
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Publication date:
31.12.2014.
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