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Title: BEN Sampling in Serbia
Description: USGS scientist Bill Orem (left) and Adrian Muntean, a colleague from Romania, sampling water from a well in a Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) household in Serbia. The scientists will analyze the water for the presence of coal-derived organic substances dissolved in the water. The USGS works closely with medical colleagues in the affected countries in the study of BEN etiology (disease causation).
Location: Serbia
Photographer: , U.S. Geological Survey
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Related to the USGS CoreCast, Episode 103 on Coal and Human Health.

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