Geochemistry of some fluoride and nitrate enriched water resources from the Oriental Basin: a prospective health risk hotspot from eastern-central Mexico.

ABSTRACT: In attention to the Sustainable Development Goal 6, the quality evaluation of water resources in Mexico is limited compared to other regions. This study provided new data from Oriental Basin, an important socio-economic region with up to 20% population growth over the last decade by assessing groundwater from the Libres-Oriental aquifer (Ca-Mg-HCO₃ facies; F^-: 2.5-9.9 mg/L; NO₃^-: up to 75.3 mg/L) and water from the Totolcingo Lake (Na-Cl facies; F^-: 12.7-13.2 mg/L; NO₃^-: < 0.75 mg/L). Fluoride content grouped about 80% groundwater samples as promotor of dental and skeletal fluorosis. Nitrate Pollution Index suggested moderate pollution in 20% and very significant pollution in 10% groundwater samples. Possible expo

SUBMITTER: Roy PD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11906573 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature