Chemical and Pathogenic Contaminant Exposure: Lignite-Coal Deposits, Ground Water, and Potential Relations to Kidney Disease

U.S. Geological Survey scientists are developing and testing hypotheses for potential links between human kidney diseases and a range of potential drinking water contaminants associated with lignite-coal aquifers.

• Lignite-derived compounds linked to cancer in NW Louisiana
• Preliminary Geochemical, Microbiological, and Epidemiological Investigations into Possible Linkages between Lignite Aquifers, Pathogenic Microbes, and Kidney Disease in Northwestern Louisiana
• Balkan Endemic Nephropathy

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