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15 Dec 2012

Author:
El Universal [México]

Males renales, pesadilla en CA [Nicaragua]

Una enigmática epidemia renal crónica que mata a miles de campesinos centroamericanos expuestos a condiciones laborales agrícolas extremas de altas temperaturas, abuso de esfuerzo físico y contacto con agroquímicos...Chichigalpa...es uno de los [municipios] más azotados. Las víctimas son trabajadores del Ingenio San Antonio, poderosa empresa cañera..."La tasa de mortalidad en los últimos cinco años ha aumentado casi dos veces" [según la directora de Salud Pública y Política de Fundación La Isla]...El ingenio, que pertenece al Grupo Pellas...siempre ha rechazado toda responsabilidad por la IRC. Ariel Granera, vocero del Grupo, alegó...que “este señalamiento” contra el ingenio “carece de fundamento”...

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