https://www.insidecostarica.com/2014/03/03/chronic-kidney-disease-creates-island-widows-nicaragua/ Costa Rica's Leading English Language News Source Tue, 28 Oct 2025 04:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.2 https://www.insidecostarica.com/2014/03/03/chronic-kidney-disease-creates-island-widows-nicaragua/#comment-7086 mhogan Mon, 03 Mar 2014 21:53:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=13858#comment-7086 And I suppose these poor bastards can’t afford to buy a kidney on Costa Rica’s black market!

]]> https://www.insidecostarica.com/2014/03/03/chronic-kidney-disease-creates-island-widows-nicaragua/#comment-7084 Jethro Project Mon, 03 Mar 2014 20:48:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=13858#comment-7084 What are the chemicals used on the sugar cane? Scientists from the World Health Organization (WHO) tested blood, urine, and tissue samples and tested the region’s food, water, and air.of rice farm workers in Sri Lanka who have kidney disease and found two toxic metals – cadmium and arsenic – contaminating food and the air. They suspect Arsenic in pesticides and Cadmium in fertilizers. See http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-19628295.

]]> https://www.insidecostarica.com/2014/03/03/chronic-kidney-disease-creates-island-widows-nicaragua/#comment-7077 Yeims Mon, 03 Mar 2014 18:45:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=13858#comment-7077 Excellent article! Experts are saying that the use of Roundup is implicated in CKD, and CR is a world leader insofar as per capita use of Roundup.

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