Telangana’s fluoride problem begins deep underground, where ancient granite and gneissic rock formations have been slowly dissolving for aeons Published on :

Hyderabad: The granite bedrock beneath Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri district has been leaching poison into groundwater for millennia. But now, as climate patterns shift and water tables drop, this ancient geological curse has found a new way to torment rural communities—by crippling their joints.

A study from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bibinagar in the state, published in the medical journal Cureus, reveals how environmental factors have transformed Telangana’s fluoride contamination from a dental problem into an arthritis epidemic.

Fluoride levels above WHO safe levels

In villages where underground water sources

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