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Pollution of River Mahaweli and farmlands under irrigation by cadmium from agricultural inputs leading to a chronic renal failure epidemic among farmers in NCP, Sri Lanka [1]

Chronic renal failure (CRF) associated with elevated dietary cadmium (Cd) among farming communities in the irrigated agricultural area under the River Mahaweli diversion scheme has reached a significantly higher level of 9,000 patients.

Publication Date: 
27/10/2010
& et al [2], J. Bandara [3], H. Wijewardena [4], Y. Bandara [5]
Environmental Geochemistry and Health [6]
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River Pollution [7], Sri Lanka [8], Irrigation [9], Agricultural Inputs [10], Farmers [11], Renal Failure [12], Epidemics [13], Health [14]

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[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/environmental-geochemistry-and-health
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[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agricultural-inputs
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/farmers
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/renal-failure
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/epidemics
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health