{"id":7297,"date":"2026-07-24T16:00:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T16:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.236.237.24\/?p=7297"},"modified":"2026-07-24T16:02:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T16:02:34","slug":"nppcf-nhm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/nppcf-nhm\/","title":{"rendered":"NATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF FLUOROSIS (NPPCF)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7297\" class=\"elementor elementor-7297\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ed722af e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5ed722af\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7773bb5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-hfe-breadcrumbs-widget\" data-id=\"7773bb5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"hfe-breadcrumbs-widget.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\"><ul class=\"hfe-breadcrumbs hfe-breadcrumbs-show-home\"><li class=\"hfe-breadcrumbs-item hfe-breadcrumbs-first\"><span class=\"hfe-breadcrumbs-home-icon\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\"><span class=\"hfe-breadcrumbs-text\">Home<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc25273 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bc25273\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4ae2f8 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a4ae2f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<h4 style=\"color: #734610; font-weight: 600;\">NATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF FLUOROSIS (NPPCF)<\/h4>\n<div class=\"divider\"><\/div>\n<style>\na{\ntext-decoration:none;color:black;}\n<\/style>\n<div style=\"display: flex; justify-content: center;\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-1163 size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify:;\">Fluorosis is a major Public Health problem caused by prolonged consumption of excess fluoride through contaminated drinking water, food products, or industrial exposure. In Tamil Nadu, fluoride contamination of groundwater remains a concern in several districts, particularly in areas dependent solely on borewell water. Chronic exposure can lead to Dental and Skeletal fluorosis, causing deformities, disability, and reduced quality of life, especially among children and vulnerable populations.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fluorosis is a major Public Health problem caused by prolonged consumption of excess fluoride through contaminated drinking water, food products, or industrial exposure. In Tamil Nadu, fluoride contamination of groundwater remains a concern in several districts, particularly in areas dependent solely on borewell water. Chronic exposure can lead to Dental and Skeletal fluorosis, causing deformities, disability, and reduced quality of life, especially among children and vulnerable populations.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nhm-programs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7297\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}