Risk Assessment of Trace Element Contamination in Drinking Water and Agricultural Soil: A Study in Selected Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology (CKDu) Endemic Areas in Sri Lanka

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left"><i>I</i><sub>geo</sub></td><td class="align_center"><i>I</i><sub>geo</sub> class</td><td class="align_center">Soil/sediment quality</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">0-0</td><td class="align_center">0</td><td class="align_center">Unpolluted</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">0-1</td><td class="align_center">1</td><td class="align_center">Unpolluted to moderately polluted</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">1-2</td><td class="align_center">2</td><td class="align_center">Moderately polluted</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">2-3</td><td class="align_center">3</td><td class="align_center">Moderately polluted to highly polluted</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">3-4</td><td class="align_center">4</td><td class="align_center">Highly polluted</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">4-5</td><td class="align_center">5</td><td class="align_center">Highly polluted to very highly polluted</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">5-6</td><td class="align_center">&gt;5</td><td class="align_center">Very highly polluted</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Classes of geoaccumulation index (Muller, 1979).</div>

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Table 1: Risk Assessment of Trace Element Contamination in Drinking Water and Agricultural Soil: A Study in Selected Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology (CKDu) Endemic Areas in Sri Lanka 

Table 1 | Risk Assessment of Trace Element Contamination in Drinking Water and Agricultural Soil: A Study in Selected Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology (CKDu) Endemic Areas in Sri Lanka 