The influence of water–rock interactions on household well water in an area of high prevalence chronic kidney disease of unknown aetiology (CKDu)

Abstract Poor drinking water quality in household wells is hypothesised as being a potential contributor to the high prevalence of chronic kidney disease of uncertain aetiology (CKDu) among the farming communities of the Medawachchiya area, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. One of the natural processes that...

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Main Authors: Liza K. McDonough, Karina T. Meredith, Chandima Nikagolla, Richard B. Banati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-01-01
Series:npj Clean Water
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41545-020-00092-0