New Videos by the Adelante Initiative to Raise Worker Awareness of Heat Stress
The Adelante Initiative, a multi-stakeholder partnership founded by La Isla Network, Bonsucro, Nicaragua Sugar Estates Limited and The Nicaraguan Sugar Producers Association, has released new educational videos to raise worker awareness of occupational heat [...]
LIN Senior Director Ilana Weiss Presents Water, Rest, Shade, and Sanitation Training
Earlier this month, LIN Senior Director of Public Health and Policy Ilana Weiss presented a Water, Rest, Shade, and Sanitation training hosted by Bonsucro, highlighting the work of LIN through our Adelante Initiative. We are [...]
LIN and ACIB are now working together to address CKDnT in Costa Rica
Tom Laffay LIN was honored to be invited to the opening of the Costa Rican Agency for Biomedical Investigation's (ACIB) new lab and offices in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. This group has [...]
In the Hot Zone
In Sri Lanka’s North Central Province more than 23,500 people have died of Chronic Kidney Disease of undetermined causes (CKDnT), earning it the moniker, “the hot zone.” In many communities 15% of the population is [...]
Hidden Under the Indian Sun
Hidden Under the Indian Sun was originally published in The Atlantic (USA) in January. The short film on CKDnT affecting communities in Eastern India was produced by independent photojournalists, filmmakers, and La Isla Network collaborators [...]
Vital Liquid
To address working conditions, implementation of OSHA’s Water.Rest.Shade recommendations is an excellent start. But we’re not stopping there - LIF and participating researchers continue to look at the interaction of environmental toxins and their contribution [...]
Only Job in Town
The rainy season brings a halt to the cutting season between May and November, but veteran sugarcane cutters find work in other jobs as sugarcane production never rests. They work in "cleaning," or weeding the [...]
