Reblogged from When Worlds Collide, by Nalaka Gunawardene:
Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 26 August 2012
My column last week, on large scale chronic kidney failure (scientifically abbreviated as CKDu) that has become a major public health crisis in Sri Lanka’s Dry Zone, inspired some discussion online -- both on my blog and at Groundviews.org
Of course, scientists and environmentalists have been debating its causes for years without conclusive evidence or targeted action.
