Table 5.

Fluoride levels in bottled water sold in UAE, compared to neighboring countries.

Fluoride Level	UAE	UAE	Saudi Arabia	Bahrain	Qatar	Kuwait	Iran
Overall (mg/L)	0.00–4.50	0.01–1.07	0.03–1.10	0.12–0.80	0.01–1.6	0.01–1.4	0.00–0.75
Local (mg/L)	0.00–4.50		0.20–0.83		0.01–1.1	0.8
Imported (mg/L)	0.00–1.21		0.03–0.69		0.02–1.6	0.01–1.40
Reporting Year(s)	This research	1997–2012	1997–2010	1990	2006	2000–2011	2008–2010
Country of origina
Bahrain					✓	✓
Belgium			✓
Canada						✓
Egypt						✓
Europe						✓
Fiji	✓
France	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓
Gulf Countries						✓
Italy	✓					✓
India						✓
Iran						✓	✓
Kuwait						✓
Lebanon	✓	✓	✓			✓
New Zealand	✓
Oman					✓	✓
Qatar					✓
Saudi Arabia		✓	✓		✓	✓
Scotland					✓	✓
Spain						✓
Switzerland						✓
Tunisia						✓
Turkey	✓					✓
UAE	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓
USA						✓
Others/NR				✓			✓
References		b	c	d	e	f	g

NR = Not reported.

^aAs reported in the literature.

^bAbouleish, 2012, Nimr, 1997, Rizk, 2009.

^cAlabdula’aly, 1997, Alabdula’aly and Khan, 1999, Aldrees and Al-Manea, 2010, Khan and Chohan, 2010.

^dMusaiger and Khunji (1990).

^eMomani (2006).

^fAl-Mudhaf et al., 2011, Safar and Al-Wazzan, 2000.

^gAmanlou et al., 2010, Dobaradaran et al., 2008, Ghaderpoori et al., 2009, Samadi et al., 2009.