| chronic renal failure in sri lanka caused by elevated dietary cadmium: trojan horse of the green revolution. | the endemic of chronic renal failure (crf) emerged in 2002 in the farming provinces of sri lanka. an estimate of dietary cadmium intake was between 15 and 28 microg/kg body weight per week. the mean urinary cadmium in patients diagnosed with stage 5 kidney failure was 7.6 microg/g creatinine and 11.6 microg/g for asymptomatic persons. the agrochemical triple superphosphate (tsp) fertilizer containing 23.5-71.7 mg cd/kg was the source of cadmium added to soils. mean cd content in cultivated vs. u ... | 2010 | 20430069 |