Data on fluoride concentration in drinking water resources in Iran: A case study of Fars province; Larestan region
Mohammad Hadi Dehghani,
Gholam Ali Haghighat,
Mahmood Yousefi
Affiliations
Mohammad Hadi Dehghani
Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Institute for Environmental research, Center for Solid Waste Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Corresponding author at: Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Gholam Ali Haghighat
Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Mahmood Yousefi
Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Fluoride is a natural element among minerals, geochemical sediments and natural water systems which is entered to body chain by drinking water. Groundwater is the main and the best source of drinking water in southern areas of Iran especially in the cities of Lar and Gerash (Fars province). So due to the health significance fluoride including dental and skeletal fluorosis, fertility, abortion and thyroid diseases, etc., measuring has high importance in the water resources of this region of Iran. Fluoride concentration was 0.35–3.46 mg/L and 78.26% drinking water sources contains fluoride concentration above the WHO guideline. Keywords: Fluoride, Drinking water, Fars province, Larestan, Iran
