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abundantly and cheaply obtainable from a mining site in
Kenya could be used as a plausible, cheap and safe F ad-
sorbent for defluoridating fluoride polluted aqueous str-
eams.
5. Acknowledgements
This study was funded jointly by the International Foun-
dation for Science (IFS) and t he Kenya National Council
for Science and Technology (NCST).
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