Geochemical characterization of groundwater and source apportionment of potential pollutants in a tribal stretch infected with chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology.

This paper draws world attention toward a tribal stretch in central India exposed to chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu). To date, about 100 people have died and more than 300 hospitalized from a single village, Supebeda, of 1200 inhabitants. The occurrence of CKDu in this part of the world is a recent discovery and its potential pollutants are still eluding human understanding.

Hydrogeochemical forecasting in a tribal stretch infected with chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology.

A tribal stretch in central India has been silently suffering from the enigmatic chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) for the past many years. It drew national attention in 2018 when over a quarter of the population from a single village of 1200 people got hospitalized with at least 100 deaths in a few years' span. This contribution tries to understand the geochemical genesis of the problem and its evolution process through a study of major rock-water interactions.