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Carlos Orantes

Mysterious kidney disease killing thousands of laborers in Central America

Health & Medicine

In Central America’s sugarcane field, more and more workers are coming down with a disease that shuts down their kidneys. Researchers are struggling for a cause. Chemicals on the fields? Heat? Overwork? No one knows, but it’s a leading cause of death for men in El Salvador and Nicaragua.

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Mystery Kidney Disease in Central America

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