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The Effect of Temperature, Water Hardness, and Exposure Time on Fluoride Toxicity in the Aquatic Environment



Shamsollahi HR1 ; Zolghadr Z2 ; Mahvi AH3 ; Hosseini SS3 ; Mossavi SN3
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  1. 1. Abadan School of Medical Sciences, Abadan, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Biostatistics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Source: Fluoride Published:2015

Abstract

Many studies have measured fluoride toxicity for aquatic organisms with various levels of water quality including the examination of spot samples and the presence of interfering factors. In the present study, the actual fluoride toxicity, the fluoride LC50, was determined without interfering factors present and then after modelling the effects of changes in temperature, water hardness, and exposure time. Fluoride toxicity decreased with increased water hardness and increased with increased temperature and exposure time. This information may help with industrial effluent discharge planning in recipient waters that have a high fluoride content so that fluoride toxicity can be avoided. © 2015 The International Society for Fluoride Research Inc.
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