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Farm workers in southern India are dying of chronic kidney disease, and no one knows what is causing. But a rash of similar epidemics in other countries, particularly in Central America, Sri Lanka, and Egypt, stressed that it is a global problem. public health experts and researchers are alarmed and confused. In Central America, which was the most affected, the main hypothesis is that this is an occupational disease caused by chronic exposure to heat and dehydration in the cane fields. But in India, Sri Lanka and Central America, researchers are pursuing a wide range of ideas, including contaminants in drinking water, excessive use of over-the-counter analgesics, and exposure to pesticides. The beginnings of an international scientific network to study the disease and a cause Pinpoint are taking shape.
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↵ * Rhitu Chatterjee is a writer in New Delhi.
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