Groundwater fluoride in Sri Lanka: opportunities to mitigate the risk at maximum contaminant level

Fluoride Problem in the Groundwater of Sri Lanka

Fluorine, the most reactive and electro-negative halogen on the earth, is an element that virtually never occurs naturally in its free, gaseous form In the form of fluorides, however, it is one of the most plentiful and wide spread of elements, standing seventeenth in order of abundance in the earth's crust. Fluorides occur in water, soil, rocks, dusts and the atmosphere. It is also present in ...

Leachate Characterization and Surface Groundwater Pollution at Municipal Solid Waste Landfill of Gohagoda, Sri Lanka

As a developing country, protecting groundwater resources is extremely essential in Sri Lanka. Landfills are one of the main sources of water pollution. The filling of the Gohagoda disposal yard, takes place at a distance about 50m from Gohagoda water intake plant. In addition, there is several boreholes located close proximity of the landfill, which used for drinking and domestic purposes. A s...

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is a country with an approximate area of 66 thousand square kilometers (UNO, 2008). The population is 20,409,946 and the sex ratio (men per hundred women) is 98 (UNO, 2009). The proportion of the population under the age of 18 years is 28% and the proportion above age 60 is 8% (UNO, 2009). The literacy rate is 97% for men and 99% for women (UN Statistics, 2008). The life expectancy at...

Women in Sri Lanka

Bioethics in Sri Lanka.

Bioethics took off slowly in Sri Lanka, but now there are ethics review committees in many medical schools and national organizations. All medical schools teach some medical ethics but there are not enough trained teachers. There are no national guidelines on research ethics. The Forum for Research and Development was formed with the aim of building a new ethical research culture. The bioethics...