We are pleased to announce the publication of our Manuscript “Preventing kidney injury among sugarcane workers: promising evidence from enhanced workplace interventions” in BMJ Occupational and Environmental Medicine. This publication contains the results of Year 2 (Harvest 2) of the Adelante Initiative Intervention Study. Here, we highlight that after implementation of enhanced workplace [...]
The CKDnT epidemic has killed more than 20,000 people in the last decade in Central America. The Worker Health and Efficiency (WE) Program is a new collaborative initiative aimed at preventing this disease among agricultural workers. Led by La Isla Foundation, WE brings together the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), leading occupational [...]
Public health journal Environmental Research last week published study results from a groundbreaking epidemiological investigation into the causes of Chronic Kidney Disease of nontraditional causes (CKDnT) in Central America. This disease, also known as Mesoamerican Nephropathy (MeN), has killed over 20,000 people, most of them sugarcane workers. The study, which took place at Salvadoran sugar mill El [...]
Options for employment in the sugarcane producing communities of Western Nicaragua are few. Much in the same way there are coal towns and oil towns in the United States, there are sugar towns in Nicaragua. In these places, poverty is the norm, and resources are lacking, especially in education. Western Nicaragua currently faces the highest [...]
PARA SU DIVULGACIÓN INMEDIATA Correo electrónico de contacto: legal@laislafoundation.org Fundación Isla (La Isla Foundation, LIF por sus siglas en inglés) publicó hoy un reporte que examina el uso de mano de obra infantil en el Ingenio San Antonio (ISA), la mayor empresa de producción y plantación de azúcar en Nicaragua. El informe, llamado “Ciclo de [...]
Investigadores de la Escuela de Salud Pública de la Universidad de Boston publicaron en enero de 2015 un artículo en la Revista Internacional de Salud Ocupacional y Ambiental (una revista científica arbitrada) que concluye que “uno o más factores de riesgos de la ERC son ocupacionales. Este hallazgo es especialmente significativo porque antes de esta [...]
Researchers at Boston University’s School of Public Health published in January 2015 an article in the International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health (a peer-reviewed scientific journal) concluding that “one or more risk factors of CKD are occupational.” This finding is significant because prior to this publication, Boston University (BU)’s reports had been inconclusive regarding [...]
Contacto: Tom Laffay (Español/Ingles); Productor de Medios y Gerente de Comunicaciones, Fundación Isla Correo: news@laislafoundation.org Un grupo de ex trabajadores de la caña de azúcar que sufren la Enfermedad Renal Crónica de causas no tradicionales (ERCnT) comenzó hoy a marchar a pie desde la ciudad Nicaragüense de Chichigalpa a Managua, separadas por una distancia de [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tom Laffay (English/Spanish); Media Producer and Communications Manager, La Isla Foundation E-mail: news@laislafoundation.org Ex-sugarcane workers suffering from Chronic Kidney Disease of nontraditional causes (CKDnT) today began a march on foot from the Nicaraguan city of Chichigalpa en route to Managua, a distance of 125 kilometers (over 77 miles). Known as ASNAAPIRC (The [...]
With the rise of industrial sugar production, comes the intensive use of pesticides, fungicides, and other agrochemicals in sugarcane cultivation. In Chichigalpa, many believe that the local drinking water is contaminated. Recent research demonstrates that chronic dehydration is among the primary drivers of the CKDnT epidemic. Damage to the kidneys is likely to be exacerbated [...]
